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hic jacet

American  
[heek yah-ket, hik jey-set] / ˈhik ˈyɑ kɛt, ˈhɪk ˈdʒeɪ sɛt /
Latin.
  1. here lies (often used to begin epitaphs on tombstones).


hic jacet British  
/ hɪk ˈjækɛt /
  1. (on gravestones) here lies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She is dead now, la grisette, even in Paris, and "hic jacet" may be written over the bonnet she threw pardessus les moulins.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

May no rude hand deface it, And its forlorn hic jacet!

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

H.J., hic jacet=Here lies;—H.J.S., hic jacet sepultus=Here lies buried.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The author of these lines is not without his hic jacet.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

One or two melancholy-looking cows were feeding on the rank herbage that sprang from the unctuous soil, spurning many a hic jacet with their cloven hoofs.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)

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