英语词汇pipe-burial的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pipe-burial
词源	pipe-burial. An unusual custom practiced in England by the Romans that was intended to bring one of the joys of life to the dead. As the OED defines it, pipe-burial refers to “a burial in which a pipe (usually of lead) passes from the coffin or tomb to the surface of the ground to permit the pouring of libations.”
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