Stone+coffin

  • 101Meldrum —    MELDRUM, a burgh of barony and a parish, in the district of Garioch, county of Aberdeen; containing 1873 inhabitants, of whom 1102 are in the burgh, 17 miles (S. S. E.) from Turriff, and 17¾ (N. N. W.) from Aberdeen. This place, anciently… …

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  • 102Newbattle —    NEWBATTLE, a parish, in the county of Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Easthouses and Newton Grange, 2033 inhabitants, of whom 159 are in the village of Newbattle, 1 mile (S.) from Dalkeith. This place, which forms a kind of suburb… …

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  • 103Rutherglen —    RUTHERGLEN, a parish, burgh, and market town, in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Glasgow, and 43 (W. by S.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the West late quoad sacra district, 6513 inhabitants, of whom 5623… …

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  • 104Tillicoultry —    TILLICOULTRY, a parish, in the county of Clackmannan; containing, with the villages of Coalsnaughton and Devonside, 3560 inhabitants, of whom 2300 are in the village of Tillicoultry, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Alloa. The name of this place is… …

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  • 105Twynholm —    TWYNHOLM, a parish, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Kirkcudbright; containing 777 inhabitants, of whom 216 are in the village. This place, of which the name, supposed to be a corruption of Twynham, is descriptive of… …

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  • 106sarcophagus — /saˈkɒfəgəs / (say sah kofuhguhs) noun (plural sarcophagi /saˈkɒfəgaɪ/ (say sah kofuhguy) or sarcophaguses) 1. a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture or inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument. 2. (among the ancient Greeks) a… …

  • 107cist — [sist; ] also for 1 [, kist] n. [L cista < Gr kistē (see CHEST); CIST sense 1 via Welsh kist faen, lit., stone coffin] 1. a prehistoric tomb made of stone slabs or hollowed out of rock 2. in ancient times, a box or chest, esp. one containing… …

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  • 108sar|coph|a|gus — «sahr KOF uh guhs», noun, plural gi « gy», gus|es. 1. a stone coffin, especially one ornamented with sculptures or bearing inscriptions: »The early doges had themselves buried, in St. Mark s porch, in sarcophagi that did not belong to them,… …

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  • 109Rainham, London — infobox UK place country = England map type = Greater London region= London population= official name= Rainham constituency westminster= Hornchurch post town= RAINHAM london borough= Havering postcode area= RM postcode district= RM13 dial code=… …

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  • 110Seven Sleepers — The Roman Martyrology mentions the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus under the date of 27 July, as follows: Commemoration of the seven Holy Sleeper of Ephesus, who, it is recounted, after undergoing martyrdom, rest in peace, awaiting the day of… …

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