sepulture
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Ording's place of sepulture was nearest to the east end or dais.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
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
It is not unusual to find, on such occasions, a special clause, in the conveyance, for their protection, and for the perpetual tabooing of the place of sepulture.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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
As he was believed to be dead, upon the petition of the great men of England, his kinsmen, it was permitted that the monks of that place should give his body the rites of sepulture.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
