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Definition of sarcophagus

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noun

a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

source: WordNet 3.0

A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.

source: Webster 1913

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