burial vault

collocation in English

meaningsofburialandvault

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burial
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈber.i.əl/us
/ˈber.i.əl/
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ...
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vault
noun[C]
uk
/vɒlt/us
/vɑːlt/
a type of arch that supports a roof or ceiling, especially in a church or public building, or a ceiling or roof supported by several of ...
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(Definition ofburialandvaultfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Beneath and south of the church is an elongated rectangular crypt with the dimensions of 2.0 1.0 m., which had served as aburialvault.
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In the northwestern portion of the property, what is believed to be a foundation of a rectangularburialvaultalso was uncovered.
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Both children were interred in the estate'sburialvaultin the garden.
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There are two types of outer burial containers, a grave liner and aburialvault.
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Either a grave liner or aburialvaultwill satisfy these requirements.
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The convent is the home of many nuns and is also theburialvaultfor twenty nuns of noble birth.
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In the late 1880s, companies began to manufacture a two-piece concreteburialvault.
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Evidence of the estate's exterior walls was unearthed along with the foundations of the estate's smokehouse, stables, andburialvault.
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A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within aburialvaultbelow the superstructure.
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It usually resides immediately above or close to the actualburialvaultor grave, although very occasionally the tomb is constructed within it.
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Positioned on the south side of the church, features include aburialvault(1870) and granite tiles (1928-29).
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In 1691, further funds were provided from the coal tax to build a gallery and aburialvault.
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In the centre of each tomb is a sarcophagus which overlies the actualburialvaultin a crypt below.
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Meigs designed a 6ft m tall, 12ft m long, 4ft m wide grey granite and concrete cenotaph to rest on top of theburialvault.
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Beneath the sarcophagus, there is aburialvaultwith stairs leading down to a circular room.
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It consists of a vertical sequence of three chambers, the lowest of which is the originalburialvault.
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The quality of the marble slab atop hisburialvaultsuggests he came from a well-to-do family that had loved him dearly.
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Thanks to the deep niches in sides of a central square, theburialvaultof the mausoleum has taken the form of an equal-ended cross.
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The mausoleum is divided into two parts aburialvaultin lower part and upper overground part.
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There is a ladder leading to aburialvault.
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