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  • 91crypt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vault, tomb. See interment, temple. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vault, tomb, sepulcher; see grave 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. tomb, vault, chamber, mausoleum, grave, catacomb, sepulcher, burial… …

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  • 92tomb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grave, sepulcher, mausoleum, vault, catacombs. See interment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vault, crypt, burial chamber, mausoleum; see grave 1 , monument 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. vault,… …

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  • 93vault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arch, dome, cupola; bank vault, safe; tomb, sepulcher, catacomb; dungeon, cell, cellar; leap, jump, pole vault. See interment, store. v. arch; leapover, jump; pole vault. See convexity, curvature. II… …

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  • 94Interment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Interment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interment interment burial sepulture Sgm: N 1 inhumation| inhumation| Sgm: N 1 obsequies obsequies exequies Sgm: N 1 funeral funeral wake pyre …

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  • 95CAIAPHAS, JOSEPH — CAIAPHAS, JOSEPH, high priest (18–36 C.E.) at the time of Jesus activity and crucifixion. Caiaphas was mentioned by Josephus Flavius (Ant. 18:35:95) and in the New Testament (Matt. 26:3, 57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; 18:13–14, 24, 28; Acts 4:6),… …

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  • 96GLASS — Earliest Times The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium B.C.E., when the first glass beads were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The invention of glass vessel making dates to the mid second millennium B.C.E.,… …

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  • 97Ossuarium — Os su*a ri*um, n. [L.] A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 98Cist — For the Mediterranean flower, see Cistaceae. For the American Civil War general, see Henry M. Cist. For a sac of tissue in the body, see Cyst. Kistvaen on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Drizzlecombe (England) showing the capstone and the inner… …

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  • 99Cuauhtémoc — For other uses, see Cuauhtémoc (disambiguation). Cuauhtémoc Blanco Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan Bust of Cuauhtémoc in el Zócalo, Mexico City …

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  • 100Funeral — This article is about the ceremony. For other uses, see Funeral (disambiguation). The funeral of Pope John Paul II A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise… …

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