place of interment

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The shrieks and lamentations of survivors, who could not be prevented from attending the remains of a husband or child to the place of interment, frequently struck her senses.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

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.

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

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)

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