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sarcophagus

[ sahr-kof-uh-guhs ]

noun

plural sarcophagi [sahr-, kof, -, uh, -jahy], sarcophaguses.
  1. a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  2. Greek Antiquity. a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.


sarcophagus

/ sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs /

noun

  1. a stone or marble coffin or tomb, esp one bearing sculpture or inscriptions
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of sarcophagus1

1595–1605; < Latin < Greek sarkophágos, noun use of the adj.; sarcophagous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sarcophagus1

C17: via Latin from Greek sarkophagos flesh-devouring; from the type of stone used, which was believed to destroy the flesh of corpses
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Example Sentences

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

With that, they went to a commercial break, and you could hear the sarcophagus slam shut on Vance’s smiling fascism.

From Salon

He lives there in a stone-walled house he calls Stargate Manor, a temple of expensive kitsch with its own arboretum, chapel — where George prays to Jesus, Buddha and Mother Nature — and waiting sarcophagus.

About five hours into Ultros, you realize this heady biome is both a sarcophagus and the place of birth for something dark and unknown.

Swirling sands wrapped the dead trees in a natural sarcophagus.

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