Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tomb hollowed out of the solid rock.
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Examples
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His resurrection took place, like that of Mithra, from a rock-tomb…13
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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His resurrection took place, like that of Mithra, from a rock-tomb…13
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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They dug a trench before the narrow entrance of the rock-tomb, and planted in it a hedge of various shrubs brought with their roots from elsewhere.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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In the night I saw several of the Apostles and holy women praying and singing in the little garden in front of the rock-tomb.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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Nativity, one came to a projecting spur of the ridge containing the rock-tomb of Maraha, [98] the nurse of Abraham, which was called the
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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When they came to the rock-tomb, they all threw themselves on their knees.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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I saw, too, how several of those who were praying and singing by the Way of the Cross as they carried home the empty bier turned back with great reverence and devotion towards the light above the rock-tomb.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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After death it was mummified and buried in a rock-tomb.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Eichstatt, where it is said a healing oil trickled from her rock-tomb.
The Book of Hallowe'en Ruth Edna Kelley
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On the other hand, if the megalithic people did not bring the idea of the rock-tomb with them we must suppose either that it evolved among them after their migration, or that they adopted it from the Eastern
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