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Definition of Tombstones
1. tombstone [n] - See also: tombstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tombstones
Literary usage of Tombstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"tombstones with Sirens, etc. — Variety in Reliefs on Tomb!;. ... Increased Luxury
in tombstones. — Repetition of Same Type. ..."
2. Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars by John Healy (1908)
"One of the most interesting of the tombstones is that placed over ... The churchyard
has many inscribed tombstones, which are fully described by Petrie and ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1899)
"THE SEPULCHRAL BANQUET ON ROMAN tombstones. By F. HAVERFIELD, MA, FSA Among the
many loans which Boman decorative art owes to the Greeks is the practice of ..."
4. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"Attic tombstones.—We must now turn to a series of monuments which will in many
... The Attic tombstones and their reliefs may indeed seem to reflect the ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Trespass in the Twofold Aspect of the Wrong and the by Thomas Whitney Waterman (1875)
"Removal or injury of tombstones. § 846. One who takes up tombstones in a churchyard
or defaces the inscriptions is liable in damages, ..."
6. The Antiquary (1887)
"The same want of stone will account for the paucity of tombstones in this part
of Surrey, no less from a picturesque point of view certainly, but a serious ..."
7. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1904)
"Basque tombstones in Newfoundland* have a certain antiquarian interest, and Bishop
Howley ... Nearly 'Old Basque tombstones at Placentia. By the Rt. Rev. ..."
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