tomb

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It is obviously the type of tomb which is referred to on a subsequent occasion, and explains the meaning of "the stone rolled away from the sepulchre" The entrance of the tomb is at the bottom of a flight of steps, and is covered by a disc-shaped stone, like a mill-stone, which can be rolled back into a slot cut in the rock for its reception.

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  1. noun A grave or other place of burial.
  2. noun A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
  3. noun A monument commemorating the dead.

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monument ·  temple ·  shrine ·  statue ·  building ·  chapel ·  mansion ·  vault ·  cave ·  ruin ·  pillar ·  chamber

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tomb:   tombs
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  1. Middle English, from Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English tombe, toumbe, tumbe, from Old French tumbe, tombe, French tombe =Provencal tomba =Spanish Portuguese tumba =Italian tomba, from Late Latin tumba (rare), from Greek τύμβος, a sepulchral mound, barrow, grave, tomb, also a tombstone; prob. akin to L. tumulus, a mound: see tumulus.
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