OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17332

sarcophagus

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sarcófago
A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
On the lids of those Tombs; square sarcophaguses, in that silent dim-burning Hall, each with its Soul in torment; the lids open there; they are to be shut at the Day of Judgment, t…
The interior of the Taje exceeds the promise given by its external magnificence: on a platform in the centre of a circular hall, are the sarcophaguses of Shah Jehan, and his belove…