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An essay expressing a view on the subject of death.

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Usage examples (6)
  • Faintly, I heard the sound of the thanatopsis chant.
  • It had to be the Haluk thanatopsis — their death meditation.
  • After they are informed of the situation, Administrator Ru Lokinak will lead us in the ritual of docile thanatopsis, since there is no Anointed Elder in the company.
  • The pie list swelled; the richer puddings had vanished; the sausage, with his drapery wrapped about him, barely lingered in a pleasant thanatopsis with the buckwheats...
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