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Holy Sepulchre Holy Sepulchre
Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or Anastasis (Resurrection), Jerusalem, was Emperor Constantine's most important church foundation (C4). It was essentially a domed rotunda with an inner ring of columns and piers carrying the dome and an annular ambulatory contained by a wall from... Read more
Exaltation of the Cross Exaltation of the Cross
Exaltation of the Cross a feast observed in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches on 14 September in honour of the Cross of Christ, to commemorate either the exposition of the supposed True Cross in 629 after its recovery from the Persians, or the dedication by Constantine in 335 of the basilica... Read more
Cambridge Cambridge
Cambridge city (1991 pop. 87,111) and district, Cambridgeshire, E central England, on the River Cam. The city, set in flat country, is most famous as the site of the Univ. of Cambridge , and tourism is an economic mainstay. Originally the site of a Roman military camp, Cambridge was an... Read more
hearse hearse
hearse, herce, herse. 1. Falling door of grated construction, i.e. portcullis.2. Horizontal grating, flat or curved, fixed with prickets for candles to commemorate the dead.3. Open metal framework over a sepulchral memorial, usually to support the pall, as in the Beauchamp chapel, St Mary's Church,... Read more
Wexford Wexford
Wexford town (1991 pop. 15,393), seat of Co. Wexford, SE Republic of Ireland, on Wexford Harbour, which is formed by the Slaney River estuary. Wexford serves as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ferns. It is a business center; agricultural produce and farm animals are raised.... Read more
Northampton Northampton
Northampton city (1991 pop. 154,172) and district, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. The city of Northampton is the county seat. Shoemaking has long been the chief industry; engineering is second (roller bearings, earth-moving equipment, and motor vehicle components). The city... Read more
monumental brasses monumental brasses
monumental brasses or sepulchral brasses, memorials to the dead, in use in churches on the Continent and in England in the 13th cent. and for several centuries following. They are usually set in the pavement but occasionally are placed upright against a wall or stand free upon a plinth. Some,... Read more
mausoleum mausoleum
mausoleum , a sepulchral structure or tomb , especially one of some size and architectural pretension, so called from the sepulcher of that name at Halicarnassus, Asia Minor, erected (c.352 BC) in memory of Mausolus of Caria. It was a magnificent white marble structure, considered by the ancients... Read more
mastaba mastaba
mastaba , in Egyptian architecture, a sepulchral structure built aboveground. The mastabas of the early dynastic period (3200-2680 BC), such as those of the I dynasty at Sakkara, were elaborate, having many storage or offering compartments, and were quite evidently close copies of contemporary... Read more
Churchyard Churchyard
Churchyard It is not difficult to understand why the churchyard has come to be regarded as the special haunt of ghosts. The popular imagination may well be excused for supposing that the spirits of the dead continue to hover over the spot where their bodies are laid. The ancient Greeks thought... Read more

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Obituaries
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Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...noted: "We all share the same faith...vast and gloomy Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Solemnly...is the first time I've visited...search for the sacred is involved...year-old Church of the Nativity...worship. ...

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