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grave-clothes

noun as in shroud

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Example Sentences

What I had taken for grave-clothes was a covering formed from the growth of their bleached and tangled locks.

She felt as if she were laying out her own grave-clothes, and that she would need little and not need that little long.

The colours most approved for the grave-clothes are white and green.

Nancy looked into the stream, and saw that the rider was in a shroud and other grave-clothes.

The dead man comes forth, is released from grave-clothes, and restored to his home.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grave-clothes, such as: cloak, pall, veil, cerecloth, cerement, and cerements.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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