place of interment

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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

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

Doubts having been raised as to the precise spot, a search was made in the Pantheon in 1833, and Raphael's bones were found; the situation agreeing exactly with Vasari's description of the place of interment.

From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall

When he arrived at the place of interment, he was so weakened by starvation himself, that he was unable to put a little covering of clay upon the coffins to protect them.

From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John

Still standing in the grave, the chief received the bodies, one by one, from the men who had borne them to the place of interment.

From Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History by A. L. O. E.