interred

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Vincent was to be interred, according to his own desire, in the church belonging to the convent of St Nicholas.

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  • An instant from the quiet, hot August day my father was interred -- one of those timeless instants that stands like a seam between the geologic strata of a buried city, between the boy I was and the man I have become: Afternoon. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 01 - July 1995
  • As often as she repaired to the spot where he was interred, and kneeled by his tomb and breathed forth her humble supplications, she found the sweet assurance that beyond the grave she would see her earthly parent, and live with him forever. —  Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission
  • His body was interred, according to his request, in the cathedral of Seville. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • I commend my soul to my all-merciful Creator; my body I wish to be interred, according to the Roman Catholic forms, in consecrated ground. —  Haydn
  • He was interred, according to his own desire, by the side of his two sons, in the churchyard of St. Nicholas, at Aberdeen, with the following inscription from the pen of Dr. James Gregory, Professor of Physic, at Edinburgh. —  Lives of the English Poets
 

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