burialplace

See also: burial-place

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burialplace (plural burialplaces)

  1. Alternative form of burial place
    • 1973, Eisig Silberschlag, “Notes”, in From Renaissance to Renaissance: Hebrew Literature from 1492-1970, New York: Ktav Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 389:
      The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna.
    • 1998, C.H. Knowles, “Henry III (1207-1272; r. 1216-72)”, in Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2:
      He was a notable patron of the arts who lavishly embellished his royal residences and rebuilt and enlarged Westminster Abbey, destined as the burialplace of himself and many of his successors, in honor of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor.
    • 2010, “Ardebil, East and West Azerbaijan Provinces”, in F. Ghani, transl., Iran The Ancient Land in Persian, English & German, 9th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:
      At the north-western most of Iran, to the south of Maku, is the Church of Qara Kelisa (meaning the Black Church) in a village of the same name. Here is reputed to be the burialplace of St. Thaddeus and every year thousands of Armenians gather there for prayer.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:burialplace.

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