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Isaac Kremer/ June 21, 2019/ / 0 comments

Formerly, in an ecclesiastical establishment, a trough or bath for washing the bodies of the dead. The usual form appears to have been that of a stone slab, hollowed out to the depth of a few inches and provided with an outlet for the waste water. (Sturgis, 1900)

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