tomb (tom)

[ IMG:content-0542.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead; any sepulchral structure; a cenotaph. In the cuntre of Acaya, ther he kyng was, Ys he birit in a burgh, & a bright toumbe . Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13964. I paused to contemplate a tomb on which lay the effigy of a knight in complete armor. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 214. 3. Same as altar - cavity. Every altar used for the celebration of ma must, according to Roman Catholic rule, contain some authorized relics. These are inserted into a cavity prepared for their reception, called " the tomb , " by the bishop of the diocese, and sealed up with the episcopal seal. Encyc . Brit ., XX. 357. 4. Figuratively, the end of earthly life; death. Young Church ill fell as Life began to bloom; And Bradford's trembling Age expects the Tomb . Prior , Ode to George Villiers. 6372 High tomb, an altar-tomb. - Ledger tomb, a tomb covered with a ledger. See ledger1, 1 (b). tomb (töm), v. t. [ The stone That tombs the two is justly one. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii.