'Alabaster' definitions:

Definition of 'alabaster'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" [syn: alabaster, alabastrine]
noun
A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
noun
A hard compact kind of calcite [syn: alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx]
noun
A very light white

Definition of 'alabaster'

From: GCIDE
  • Gypsum \Gyp"sum\ (j[i^]p"s[u^]m), n. [L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf. Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabs[imac]n lime.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'alabaster'

From: Easton
  • Alabaster occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of "ointment of spikenard very precious," with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat at supper in the house of Simon the leper (Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37). These boxes were made from a stone found near Alabastron in Egypt, and from this circumstance the Greeks gave them the name of the city where they were made. The name was then given to the stone of which they were made; and finally to all perfume vessels, of whatever material they were formed. The woman "broke" the vessel; i.e., she broke off, as was usually done, the long and narrow neck so as to reach the contents. This stone resembles marble, but is softer in its texture, and hence very easily wrought into boxes. Mark says (14:5) that this box of ointment was worth more than 300 pence, i.e., denarii, each of the value of sevenpence halfpenny of our money, and therefore worth about 10 pounds. But if we take the denarius as the day's wage of a labourer (Matt. 20:2), say two shillings of our money, then the whole would be worth about 30 pounds, so costly was Mary's offering.

Alabaster, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Alabaster, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000) :
22619
Housing Units (2000) :
8594
Land area (2000) :
20.472605 sq. miles (53.023800 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.054715 sq. miles (0.141711 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
20.527320 sq. miles (53.165511 sq. km)
FIPS code :
00820
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
33.231162 N, 86.823829 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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