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sarcophagus

noun

sär-ˈkä-fə-gəs

Definition of sarcophagus

as in casket

a boxlike container for holding a dead body the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot

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Recent Examples of sarcophagus This month, the hospital granted rare access to reporters from The Associated Press, allowing them into rooms that lie on either side of the centerpiece of Les Invalides, a soaring mausoleum that holds Napoleon's sarcophagus. — ABC News, 13 May 2026 Unit 4, meanwhile, was sealed with a crude sarcophagus that stood until 2016. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026 Poor Katie becomes a living human sacrifice and placed inside a sarcophagus, her body used as a flesh prison for an ancient demon. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The rub is that she was recovered inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sarcophagus

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Behind them is a black casket with the body of the eponymous Helena.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Mortuary Manor visitors can also watch a horror movie projected onto the wall of the main sitting room while surrounded by caskets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of casket

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Essentially, both cremation and coffin-burial practices are pretty bad for the environment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Chicago extinguished New England's last-minute comeback bid courtesy of exceptional clock management by coach Johnson and a nail-in-the-coffin, career-best 58-yard field goal from Cairo Santos.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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The 32-suite vessel will offer four-night voyages between Luxor and Aswan, during which guests can visit some of Egypt’s most famous archaeological sites, including the tombs of Nefertari, Seti I, Ramses VI, and King Tutankhamun.

— Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
For the same reasons little dogs appeared so frequently at the feet of dead women (and clerics) in tomb sculpture, plenty of Renaissance portraits feature them as a symbol of fidelity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

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