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Definition of Burial vault

1. Noun. A burial chamber (usually underground).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burial Vault

Literary usage of Burial vault

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: And by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, William Pyle Taunton, Great Britain Courts (1818)
"... and then were used by a society of Quakers, at the rent of il. ios., and that the burial vault and tomb over the same, standing upon the burial ground, ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"10«., and that the burial vault and tomb over the same, standing upon the burial ground, had been used as a burial vault for the family of the ..."

3. Mont Pelée and the Tragedy of Martinique: A Study of the Great Catastrophes by Angelo Heilprin (1902)
"... it remains to be seen what there is to be found in BURIAL-VAULT—SAINT PIERRE the writings of Pliny to suggest a correspondence between the phenomena of ..."

4. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"Here, too, various parts of the chaotic scene have their specific names (cathedral, burial-vault, etc.). The finest point is the grand 'Münster', ..."

5. The Geography of Herodotus ...: Illustrated from Modern Researches and by James Talboys Wheeler (1854)
"burial vault of Cheops surrounded by a channel conducted from the Nile. ... burial vault of Cheops not to be found.—Queen's Chamber. ..."

6. The Emir of Bokhara and His Country: Journeys and Studies in Bokhara (with a by Ole Olufsen (1911)
"... Daniar Khan's burial vault in Bokhara The splendid blue earthenware with the white ... burial vault ..."

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