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What is another word for sepulchres?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛpʌlkəz] (IPA)

Sepulchres, also spelled as sepulchers, are structures that are commonly used for burials and interments. Synonyms for this word include tombs, crypts, mausoleums, sarcophagi, ossuaries, catacombs, graveyards, and cemeteries. Each of these words describes a different kind of resting place for the deceased. Tombs are usually above ground and feature inscriptions or markers in memory of the deceased. Crypts are underground and are often found in religious buildings. Mausoleums are grand, ornate buildings that house the remains of multiple deceased people. Sarcophagi are stone coffins, often decorated with intricate carvings. Ossuaries are storage containers for human bones. Catacombs are underground tunnels used for burials, while graveyards and cemeteries are open spaces specifically designated for burying the dead.
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  • Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generation beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe. Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Hail to the land whereon we tread, Our fondest boast! The sepulchres of mighty dead, The truest hearts that ever bled, Who sleep on glory’s brightest bed, A fearless host: No slave is here:—our unchained feet, Walk freely as the waves that beat Our coast.
    James Gates Percival
  • But strength alone though of the Muses born Is like a fallen angel: trees uptorn, Darkness, and worms, and shrouds, and sepulchres Delight it; for it feeds upon the burrs, And thorns of life; forgetting the great end Of poesy, that it should be a friend To sooth the cares, and lift the thoughts of man.
    John Keats

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