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- noun Plural form of
sepulture .
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Examples
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If in the decretory term of the world we shall not all die but be changed, according to received translation, the last day will make but few graves; at least quick resurrections will anticipate lasting sepultures.
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And sum men seyn, that thei ben sepultures of grete lordes, that weren somtyme; but that is not trewe: for alle the comoun rymour and speche is of alle the peple there, bothe and nere, that thei ben the garneres of
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And some men say, that they be sepultures of great lords, that were sometime, but that is not true, for all the common rumour and speech is of all the people there, both far and near, that they be the garners of Joseph; and so find they in their scriptures, and in their chronicles.
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Wherfore it is not to believe, that thei ben tombes or sepultures.
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And in Hebron be all the sepultures of the patriarchs, Adam,
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On that other partie, zif thei were sepultures, thei scholden not ben voyd with inne.
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On the other part, if they were sepultures, they should not be void within, ne they should have no gates for to enter within; for ye may well know, that tombs and sepultures be not made of such greatness, nor of such highness; wherefore it is not to believe, that they be tombs or sepultures.
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For zee may well knowe, that tombes and sepultures ne ben not made of suche gretnesse, ne of such highnesse.
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Rebecca, and of Leah; the which sepultures the Saracens keep full curiously, and have the place in great reverence for the holy fathers, the patriarchs that lie there.
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Wherfore it is not to believe, that thei ben tombes or sepultures.
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