sepulture

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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

The central picture represents a dead Christ, surrounded by the men and women who ministered to him, preparing him for sepulture.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

Thus died the curate of Esco, in the year 1805; he was refused ecclesiastical sepulture, and was privately buried within the walls of the tribunal.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

Might he not have risen in wrath out of his sarcophagus to see these frivolous moderns thus making merry in the place of his sepulture?

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

The first glance reveals that the building must have been in a high degree esteemed a place of sepulture.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.