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a boxlike container for holding a dead body
- the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of sarcophagus was in 1619
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