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burial vault

DEFINITIONS OF: burial vault

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n a burial chamber (usually underground)

Synonyms:
vault
Types:
charnel, charnel house
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
columbarium
a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
Type of:
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture
a chamber that is used as a grave
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