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sarcophagus

noun

sär-ˈkä-fə-gəs

Definition of sarcophagus

as in casket

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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Recent Examples of sarcophagus Unit 4, meanwhile, was sealed with a crude sarcophagus that stood until 2016. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026 Poor Katie becomes a living human sacrifice and placed inside a sarcophagus, her body used as a flesh prison for an ancient demon. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The rub is that she was recovered inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026 Cronin takes the legend of the mummy out of its sarcophagus by removing it from Egypt and throwing it into a domestic American home. — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sarcophagus

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The group then reconvened at the Glendale cemetery, where a priest said prayers over the casket, which was gently lowered into the ground as teary-eyed friends and family members watched.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
When his body was found, Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of casket

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Zubaydah was waterboarded more than 80 times in a month at one point and confined over 11 days in a coffin-size box, among a raft of other mistreatment, a Senate report found.

— ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
His work demands physical strength, and some coffins are harder to make than others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

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The Etruscan painted tombs of Tarquinia, Italy, dating from around the 7th to the 1st century BCE, have long been celebrated for their vivid iconography and remarkable state of preservation.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
More recently, cosmic rays have helped geologists see hidden chambers of active volcanoes, and archaeologists use them to reveal hidden tombs in ancient Egyptian pyramids.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

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