sepulture

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After his death he was laid to rest in the Pantheon set aside by the Poles for the sepulture of their literary celebrities.

From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

The place of sepulture of Luigia de' Medici is unknown; her remains were most probably deposited, without monumental inscription, in the vaults of San Lorenzo, the gentilizia church of her house.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

In place thairof, sen I have ellis left it unto zow, I send unto zow ane sepulture of hard stane, collourit with blak, sawin with teiris and bones.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Cases of premature sepulture are, doubtless, extremely rare.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

The first glance reveals that the building must have been in a high degree esteemed a place of sepulture.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.