sepulture
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Moreover, from the date of the peace of Paris until the end of his life he earnestly and vainly endeavored to obtain from Rome permission for the sepulture of his father’s body.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Ording's place of sepulture was nearest to the east end or dais.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond
In that catacomb, remarkable for containing the primitive baptistery of the Church, there yet remains a monument of these saints, marking their place of sepulture.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
The parish churches at last came to claim the bodies of their parishioners as a matter of right, and to deny to the dying the privilege of electing a place of sepulture.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
The mode of sepulture was that practiced by the natives of this continent.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
