Meaning of taphologist | Babel Free

Definitions

One who studies graves and burial.

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Examples

“Walton G. Roberts, Taphologist.”

“Every day I pass⟳ a wall, some five hundred square feet of which a gentleman has taken to declare⟳ that he is ‘out’ to break⟳ the Undertakers’ Trust⟳. Half the advertisement is a coloured photograph of himself. The rest⟳ is, “See⟳ what I give⟳ you for 75 dols.!” and a list of what he does give⟳. He gives everything that the most morbid taphologist could suggest⟳, beginning with “splendidly carved full-size oak casket, with black ivory handles. Four draped Flambeaux …” and going on to funereal ingenuities that would have⟳ overwhelmed Mausolus, and make⟳ death impossible for a refined man.”

“At the same time, taphologists need⟳ the preservation and recovery of their sacred places, something that, often, only archaeologists can properly provide⟳.”

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