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1. (n.) sarcophagus
a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L < Gk sarkophágos coffin)
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1. (noun) sarcophagus
a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
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1. (noun) sarcophagus
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
2. (noun) sarcophagus
a coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin
3. (noun) sarcophagus
a stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial
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