thanatopsis

IPA: θænʌtˈɑpsɪs

Examples of "thanatopsis" in Sentences

Faintly, I heard the sound of the thanatopsis chant.
It had to be the Haluk thanatopsis — their death meditation.
This intimate thanatopsis had made him hard and he almost regretted having killed the Chinese boy.
NBC’s airing of Cho Seung-Hui’s ranting thanatopsis isn't anything media wouldn't have run with 200 years ago.
After they are informed of the situation, Administrator Ru Lokinak will lead us in the ritual of docile thanatopsis, since there is no Anointed Elder in the company.
The pie list swelled; the richer puddings had vanished; the sausage, with his drapery wrapped about him, barely lingered in a pleasant thanatopsis with the buckwheats and the sweet but doomed maple.
As the countdown continued and the ritual of docile thanatopsis became more intense, Matt and Emily began to edge away from their half-mesmerized guards, pushing Eve in the antigrav chair and keeping close to the outer ring of lepidos.