sepulchres

variants or sepulchers
plural of sepulchre
as in tombs
a final resting place for a dead person a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages

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Noun
  • The indigenous elements are the most prominent parts of the contemporary ceremony, Zaraus says, especially the tombs festooned with marigolds.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Keeping her content respectful is also important, and Abrams is adamant about telling these individual's stories and restoring their graves with their humanity in mind.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Those are just a few of the many points of interest on the grounds of Mount Olivet Cemetery, founded in Nashville in 1856 and today home to more than 200,000 graves.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Sepulchres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchres. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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