sarcophagus
noun
a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
sarcophagi
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pluralof sarcophagus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Excavations uncovered a funerary complex consisting of three limestone burial chambers containing Roman-era mummies and decorated wooden sarcophagi.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Among the bronze and marble objects are portraits, over-life-size figures, sarcophagi reliefs and animal sculptures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The boy-king's priceless collection is yet to be displayed, but visitors can now see items varying from pharaonic statues to sarcophagi and mummified bodies.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
But he also bought dolls’ houses, sarcophagi, historic record players, an apartment-size model circus, letters, photographs and the mahogany desk on which President John F. Kennedy signed a partial ban on nuclear testing in 1963.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Here in the shop only great sarcophagi were built, and blocks of stone roughhewn to size, ready for the sculptors.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
