funerary monument

collocation in English

meaningsoffuneraryandmonument

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funerary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfjuː.nər.ə.ri/us
/ˈfjuː.nər.er.i/
used at or relating to funerals (= ceremonies for burying or burning ...
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monument
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒn.jə.mənt/us
/ˈmɑːn.jə.mənt/
a structure or building that is built to honour a special person ...
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In taking on her religious and poetic vocations as one, she has become thefunerarymonumenton her own tomb.
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It was probably erected as part of a privatefunerarymonument, perhaps in connection with a rural villa of the area.
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There are signs that a tall pointed object, such as afunerarymonument, was connected to the south wall.
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There are numerous gravestones of the clergy around the church and afunerarymonument.
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In principle, intact prehistoric funerary monuments may also occur in this zone, provided they were connected to the cult of a saint.
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It should be remarked upon that the notion that the mounds were funerary monuments was non-existent in contemporary popular perception.
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Seen from this perspective, it is understandable that the notion that the urnfields and barrows were funerary monuments is never found in the sagas.
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The strongly mythical perception of the funerary monuments which remained intact in the uncultivated outer circle would suggest rather the opposite.
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Shakespeare'sfunerarymonumentis fixed on a wall alongside his burial place.
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Funerary monuments require graveyards and graveyards may, or may not, require churches.
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Later assessments have incorporated the move away from the role of the long barrow as afunerarymonumentand focused on its position in the landscape.
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Chapters include overviews of the climate and geography, the historical record, archaeological survey, structures, settlements and funerary monuments, irrigation techniques and rock art.
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It includes a number of notable funerary monuments.
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But undoubtedly the most significant are the funerary monuments in memory of prominent figures in national history.
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It is also found in wall paintings, architectural carvings, funerary monuments, floor tiles and embroidery.
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Funerary monuments - funerary monuments are often associated with the mouras encantadas.
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None of his funerary monuments survive "in situ".
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Fences were down, the gates open, cattle grazed on the property, and many of the funerary monuments and headstones vandalized.
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Most of the tablets found are from funerary monuments and contained no useful information but name of the deceased.
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He specialised in the design of chimney-pieces and other items of interior decoration, and in funerary monuments.
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