Definition of Graveclothes. Meaning of Graveclothes. Synonyms of Graveclothes

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Definition of Graveclothes

Graveclothes
Graveclothes Grave"clothes`, n. pl. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

Meaning of Graveclothes from wikipedia

- physically, even when they do not look so. The Breton washerwomen wash graveclothes, usually at night, under the moonlight, and are notable for their intense...
- who goes to check for himself, running to the tomb. After seeing the graveclothes, he goes home, apparently without informing the other disciples. In the...
- cannot be genuine: In all the places where they pretend to have the graveclothes, they show a large piece of linen by which the whole body, including...
- corpse – The corpse is covered with wet money paper. Putting on the graveclothes – Old clothes are taken off. Arranging the "dream bed" – The suona is...
- that incorporates a taharah (ritual purification), tachrichim (ritual graveclothes), and interment in a handmade coffin of soft wood.[citation needed] It...
- heavenward at his ascending feet. In between is the risen Christ, the graveclothes draped over his shoulder. The glorious stonemasonry suffered at the hands...
- Elizabeth C. (2004). "Anderson, Janet (1697–1761), milliner and maker of graveclothes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University...
- in my arms until stripped of his clothes, helped to wind him in his graveclothes, and helped to put him into the coffin. This was a most shocking and...