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Noun Concept
Categories: Burial monuments and structures, Death care industry
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receiving vault  morgue house  public vault  receiving tomb
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A receiving vault or receiving tomb, sometimes also known as a public vault, is a structure designed to temporarily store dead bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave in a cemetery. Wikipedia
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A receiving vault or receiving tomb, sometimes also known as a public vault, is a structure designed to temporarily store dead bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave in a cemetery. Wikipedia
Structure designed to temporarily store dead bodies in winter months when the ground is too frozen to dig a permanent grave Wikidata
IS A
funerary structure
PART OF
cemetery
HAS INSTANCE
Marion Cemetery Receiving Vault
Public Vault at the Congressional Cemetery
Receiving tomb of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover
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receiving vault
Wikidata
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receiving vault
Wikidata Alias
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morgue house, public vault, receiving tomb

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