NOUN | a burial vault | burial vaults | |
SYNO | burial vault | vault |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- A mausoleum encloses a burial chamber either wholly above ground or within a burial vault below the superstructure.
- On the right there is a glass burial vault where the founder of the church, the owner of the Adamova manor general Karaulov and his wife Helen were buried.
- In the United States, coffins are usually covered by a grave liner or a burial vault, which prevents the coffin from collapsing under the weight of the earth or floating away during a flood.
- Hans Henrich died in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain. He is buried in the family burial vault of in the Ruhr valley near Essen, Germany.
- Its cause was the collapse of an unrecorded burial vault.
- With the opening of Hamilton Old Parish Church in 1734, the medieval church was demolished, with the exception of the east end and the attached aisle which served as the burial vault of the ducal family.
- Corbu was interred in a burial vault alongside his wife (who died in 1966) in the cemetery of Rennes-le-Château.
- Meanwhile, concerns about the propaganda implications of the stone falling into German hands led to it being hidden behind ancient lead coffins in a burial vault under Abbot Islip’s Chapel, situated off the north ambulatory of the abbey.
- In the 20th century, the "Roxburghe Aisle" was built onto the Abbey as the burial vault of the Dukes of Roxburghe.
- Lazarev is buried with his disciples Nakhimov, Kornilov and Istomin in the Admirals' Burial Vault in Sevastopol.
- The jhamatun of Papak and Ruzukana was hewn in 1288 on a second level, north of the Proshians’ burial-vault, by way of an external staircase (near the door to the gavit).
- In 1914, during excavations by Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) Gordon Sanderson, the grave chamber was discovered. From the north of the tomb 20 steps lead down to the actual burial vault.
- The main body of the church serves as a burial vault to the local family Aytoun (Ayton) of Grange.
- However, most modern graves in the United States are only 4 feet deep as the casket is placed into a concrete box (see burial vault) to prevent a sinkhole, to ensure the grave is strong enough to be driven over, and to prevent floating in the instance of a flood.
- The burial vault is located beneath the sarcophagus, with stairs leading down to a circular room whose walls are lined with niches where urns or coffins can be interred.
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