place of interment

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The place of interment was the Uigg Murray Harbor Road churchyard, eighteen miles distant from Charlottetown.

From History of Prince Edward Island by Campbell, Duncan

There are plenty of inscriptions in English to be seen in Clonmacnois, for it is still used as a place of interment.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

One of the most curious objects in it was the Church of the Innocents, with its adjoining cemetery, once the main place of interment for all the capital.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

While the inhabitants who followed the coffin were in motion, minute-guns were fired, and continued till the coffin arrived at the place of interment.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

At their funerals the corpse is carried to the place of interment on a broad plank, which is kept for the public service of the dusun, and lasts for many generations.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William