sepulture
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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 A Sexton of the Old School
The mode of sepulture was that practiced by the natives of this continent.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Such a place of sepulture well befitted such a man.
From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot
The Annals of the Four Masters and other Annals simply relate the fact of her having died there in the 85th year of her age, without alluding to the place of her sepulture.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
She requested to be buried like the sisters with whom she last resided, and so entirely were her wishes carried out that her place of sepulture is unknown.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
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