sepulture

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The central picture represents a dead Christ, surrounded by the men and women who ministered to him, preparing him for sepulture.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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

In the matter of royal sepulture, it is certain that the whale had an immense advantage.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

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 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