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
When the solemn rites of the dead are to be performed at the grave, the procession should be formed, and proceed to the place of interment in the following order: Tiler, with drawn sword.
From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by Thornburgh, George
The confessio in some cases reproduced the original place of interment of the patron saint, either in a catacomb-chapel or in an ordinary grave, and thus formed the sacred nucleus round which the church arose.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
About four o'clock he roused himself and began to look for a suitable place of interment for the bone.
From Scally The Story of a Perfect Gentleman by Hay, Ian
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
