place of interment

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Amongst the latter are the paintings on the celebrated wells of Platonia, said to have been the place of interment, for a certain period, of St. Peter and St. Paul.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

The burying-ground is attached, and serves as the place of interment for the whole town, and some part of the adjoining country.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

After this the procession will begin, the troops marching by platoons in inverted order and with arms reversed to the place of interment, the drums muffled and the music playing a dead march.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 10. by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Unlike the solemn pace of our own age and nation, four bearers, who are frequently relieved, carry the defunct, almost on a run, to the place of interment.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

One of these traditions was made public in the year 1867, and gave the place of interment as being under the second and third steps leading to the tower from the south transept.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Bygate, Joseph E.