Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A picture intended as a memorial of the dead.
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She saw everything; she counted the wreaths and bouquets on the casket, and stored in her mind, as vividly as she might have done some old mourning-piece, the picture of the near relatives advancing up the aisle.
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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