Word | sepulture |
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Definition | n. Burial, interment. (Cf. sepulchre.) |
Sentence | He had passed these days on the verandah, buried in a long chair, and coming out of his place of sepulture only at meal-times or late at night. |
Source | Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, p. 82 |
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