place of interment

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Near the place of interment, the survivors deposit the weapons of the deceased, and the tools he daily used.

From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by Bingley, William

A deep cutting gives access to the place of interment, and this long alley is guarded on both sides by monsters of various descriptions.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter

It had been expected that the procession would have gone along the Market-place and Whitefriargate, and thence to the place of interment, and the streets were thronged with an anxious multitude.

From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Woodcock, Henry

A little opening on the margin of the bay, a wild and solitary spot, was selected as the place of interment.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

A field was to be, during forty years, a place of interment: then the field adjacent was to be taken for that purpose; and so on with others in rotation.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by