sepulture
Example Sentences
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Sir Walter Scott, who has made “Old Mortality” the subject of a novel, intended to rear a tombstone to his memory, but was unable to discover his place of sepulture.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
After willingly remaining some time here, beside this simple Christian tomb, we went to see an ancient place of Indian sepulture.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
The bodies were brought to the place of sepulture in open coffins, with their faces uncovered.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
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
Such a place of sepulture well befitted such a man.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
