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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

lay out

Women were ululating as the body was laid out.

What does 'laid out' mean in this sentence?
  

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Lay out = place a deceased person's body properly, respectfully and/or ceremoniously into its coffin, onto a funeral pyre, etc.

  • Lay out = place a deceased person's body properly, respectfully and/or ceremoniously into its coffin, onto a funeral pyre, etc.
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Lay out = place a deceased person's body properly, respectfully and/or ceremoniously into its coffin, onto a funeral pyre, etc.
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A poor one, but mine own.

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