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English
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Etymology
From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place.
Noun
resting place (plural resting places)
- (euphemistic) A place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.
1949 September and October, “Notes and News: Queen Victoria's Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:The Western Region station [at Windsor] has seen many arrivals and departures of monarchs, some returning to their last resting place at Frogmore Mausoleum.
2020 June 17, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Robert Stephenson's steam-age bridges”, in Rail, page 46:That [Robert] Stephenson's final resting place is in Westminster Abbey, along civil engineering great Thomas Telford, signifies his importance.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.
Translations
place where one rests or may rest
place where one is buried
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