Faintly, I heard the sound of the thanatopsis chant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

It had to be the Haluk thanatopsis — their death meditation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

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 and the sweet but doomed maple.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Million] Reference

NBC’s airing of Cho Seung-Hui’s ranting thanatopsis isn't anything media wouldn't have run with 200 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Boundaries of Openness?] Reference

Shortly he will begin to recite the thanatopsis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]