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单词 lych-house
释义

lych-house

/ˈlɪtʃhaʊs /
(also lich-house)
noun archaic
A building in which dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation.He had the corpse brought up and laid in his lych-house....
  • He thought the lych-house, at the entrance of the cemetery, a most necessary building, and one which should be provided in all instances.
  • Then came the mournful detail - Six Bearers with staves and planks sent off to bring the Stranger - my Lych House cleared and a plank or two laid to receive the dead.

Origin

Middle English: from Old English līc 'body' + house.

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