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View synonyms for hic jacet

hic jacet

[ heek yah-ket; English hik jey-set ]

Latin.
  1. here lies (often used to begin epitaphs on tombstones).


hic jacet

/ hɪk ˈjækɛt /

(no translation)

  1. (on gravestones) here lies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The authors of the infamous policy have written their hic jacet against our civilization.

They are generally confined to a mere statement of the name and rank of the deceased following the words “Hic jacet.”

Hic jacet in tumba Rosa mundi, non Rosa munda;Non redolet, sed olet, qu redolere solet.

The Arab tomb is, generally speaking, a thing of simplicity, a simple slab bearing the Arab words for the sentiment Hic jacet.

On one side, in raised letters in granite, appear the words 'Hic jacet nil.'

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