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sarcophagus

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sarcophagus

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot

Synonyms of sarcophagus

bier, box, casket, coffin, pall

Words Related to sarcophagus

charnel (also charnel house), crypt, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

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