sepulture

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This done, he recited another prayer, pronounced a solemn benediction over the place of sepulture, and the body was lowered into it.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The bodies were brought to the place of sepulture in open coffins, with their faces uncovered.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

In that catacomb, remarkable for containing the primitive baptistery of the Church, there yet remains a monument of these saints, marking their place of sepulture.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

The parish churches at last came to claim the bodies of their parishioners as a matter of right, and to deny to the dying the privilege of electing a place of sepulture.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

At the eastern end of both aisles, are two places, formerly appropriated as places of sepulture for the two great Lords of Ashby.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell