sepulture

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In place thairof, sen I have ellis left it unto zow, I send unto zow ane sepulture of hard stane, collourit with blak, sawin with teiris and bones.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Cases of premature sepulture are, doubtless, extremely rare.

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

A lane on the left leads to the Jewish burial-ground, used as a place of sepulture for the Ghetto for many centuries.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

As he was believed to be dead, upon the petition of the great men of England, his kinsmen, it was permitted that the monks of that place should give his body the rites of sepulture.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

After his death he was laid to rest in the Pantheon set aside by the Poles for the sepulture of their literary celebrities.

From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy