English Explanatory Dictionary

here lies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A phrase written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name.

Word forms

here lies

Etymology

Calque of Latin hīc jacet (whence also English hic jacet, a direct borrowing).

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