1. sarcophagus - Noun
2. sarcophagus - Verb
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlthough the entrance to the chamber warns against disturbing him, Shrewsbury opens Alhazred's sarcophagus anyway, finding that only rags, bones, and dust remain of Alhazred. Source: Internet
A lead coffin inside a stone sarcophagus with her name on it was found and opened in 2008 by archaeologists during work on the building. Source: Internet
Catholic World Culture Chapter XXIII, pp. 146–151 On 8 June 1979 Pope John Paul II prayed at her sarcophagus; and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments officially affirmed her beatification on 8 August 1986. Source: Internet
A similar belief may be guessed from the Mycenaean Hagia Triada sarcophagus (1400 BC), which combines features of Minoan civilization and Mycenaean style. Source: Internet
During a major excavation in 1900 his sarcophagus was relocated from his original resting place in front of the altar to the crypt, where it is still visible today along with those of seven of his successors. Source: Internet
A study showed that of the 58 people who were present when the tomb and sarcophagus were opened, only eight died within a dozen years. Source: Internet