hic jacet

How to use hic jacet in a sentence

• The authors of the infamous policy have written their hic jacet against our civilization.

  The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington

• They are generally confined to a mere statement of the name and rank of the deceased following the words “hic jacet.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 | Various

• hic jacet in tumba Rosa mundi, non Rosa munda;Non redolet, sed olet, qu redolere solet.

  Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present | John Timbs

• The Arab tomb is, generally speaking, a thing of simplicity, a simple slab bearing the Arab words for the sentiment hic jacet.

  In the Land of Mosques & Minarets | Francis Miltoun

• On one side, in raised letters in granite, appear the words 'hic jacet nil.'

  Cornish Characters | S. Baring-Gould