figurative. That in which relics of the dead past are preserved; a mental or spiritual charnel house.
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| 释义 | society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > others (5) ossuary1872 figurative. That in which relics of the dead past are preserved; a mental or spiritual charnel house. palimpsest1876 A monumental brass plate turned and re-engraved on the reverse side. Cf. A. 2. Obsolete. war memorial1912 a monument, etc., commemorating those (esp. from a particular locality) killed in a war, and frequently inscribed with their names. field monument1923 a monument which constitutes a feature of the landscape (as distinct from a building), as a burial mound, earthwork, standing stone, etc. time capsule1938 a container used to store for posterity a selection of objects thought to be representative of a particular moment in time; also figurative and in… |
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