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resting place en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English restyng place, restingplace, rystynge-place, restynge place, equivalent to resting + place.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) A place where one is buried or laid to rest; a tomb.
   • The Western Region station [at Windsor] has seen many arrivals and departures of monarchs, some returning to their last resting place at Frogmore Mausoleum. 1949 September and October, “Notes and News: Queen Victoria's Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
   • From his beloved second home at Warm Springs, Georgia, the body of Franklin Delano Roosevelt moves on the first stages of his journey to his final resting place. Scores of sufferers from infantile paralysis sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. The President's dog follows his beloved master. Aboard a special train beginning the twenty-four hour trip back to Washington, the thirty-first President of the United States leaves Warm Springs forever. 1945 April 16, 0:38 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
   • That [Robert] Stephenson's final resting place is in Westminster Abbey, along civil engineering great Thomas Telford, signifies his importance. 2020 June 17, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Robert Stephenson's steam-age bridges”, in Rail, page 46:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see resting, place. A place where one rests or may rest.

Forms

Translations (18)

hu sírhely (place where one is buried) · nl rustplaats (place where one is buried) · de Ruheplatz (place where one rests or may rest) · fi leposija (place where one is buried) · ta ஓய்விடம் (place where one rests or may rest) · de Ruhestätte (place where one is buried) · pl miejsce wiecznego spoczynku (place where one is buried) · fr lieu de repos (place where one rests or may rest) · hu végső nyughely (place where one is buried) · fi leposija (place where one rests or may rest) · de Ruhestatt (place where one is buried) · sh odmorište (place where one rests or may rest) · fi lepopaikka (place where one rests or may rest) · pwn sasekezan (place where one rests or may rest) · es última morada (place where one is buried) · el τόπος ταφής (place where one is buried) · fr dernière demeure (place where one is buried) · ta உறைவிடம் (place where one rests or may rest)