Tomb-stone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic form of tombstone. alt-of, archaic
"And that for her part, ſhe deſired that no higher character, or fairer remembrance of her ſhould be tranſmitted to poſterity, than to have this inſcription engraved on her tomb-ſtone, when ſhe ſhould pay the laſt debt to nature; “Here lies Elizabeth, who lived and died a maiden Queen.”"
Example
More examples"And that for her part, ſhe deſired that no higher character, or fairer remembrance of her ſhould be tranſmitted to poſterity, than to have this inſcription engraved on her tomb-ſtone, when ſhe ſhould pay the laſt debt to nature; “Here lies Elizabeth, who lived and died a maiden Queen.”"
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