in repose

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They will lie in repose together in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ms Whyte's home village of Barefield from 15:00 until 19:00 BST.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

While her maybe-beau stays forced in repose, Iris cycles through all the different types of women she could be.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

The space feels somewhere between a crypt and a cathedral, featuring paintings and bronze sculptures of reclining Black bodies, spread out in repose or entombed like corpses, that appear to glow from within.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lay in repose at the Supreme Court on Dec. 18, with a private funeral the next day, according to the high court’s press office.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2023

She opened the box and looked down on a small, dark green jade button, and carved on its surface was a human right hand, a lovely hand, the fingers curved and in repose.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck