单词 | burial plot |
释义 | > as lemmasburial plot burial plot n. a plot containing a grave or graves; (now usually) a plot within a cemetery, esp. one designated for the use of a particular family. ΚΠ 1580 T. N. tr. P. Mexía Pleasaunt Dialogue sig. A.iii The Mahomettes, which wander toward theyr holy place Mecha, which is the buryall plotte of theyr Aduocate and false Prophete Mahomet. 1769 H. Gideon City Remembrancer I. 252 The chapel was afterwards converted into a dwelling house, and the burial plot into a garden. 1852 C. Lanman Private Life D. Webster 82 At the back of the family burial-plot is the tomb, of rough-hewn, massive granite. 1902 Times 31 Mar. 4/6 They had, he said, no burial plots for Freemasons or Orangemen, and this man must have been smuggled into the cemetery as a Protestant. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June c3/1 (advt.) They also claimed that the Defendants plotted and sold burial plots with insufficient space so there was inadequate room to place bodies in their proper locations. < as lemmas |
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