sepulture

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The Indians tell you that it was a place of sepulture, and the Mexicans give you the universal reply of ignorance in this country: Quien Sabe?—who knows? who can tell?”

From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous

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.

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.

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 Lea, Henry Charles

In the matter of royal sepulture, it is certain that the whale had an immense advantage.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey