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• n  box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
• n  small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
• v  enclose in a casket

• At first glance, the casket business would seem depression-proof.
• Cremation, competition and consumer demands are reshaping the casket industry.
• There is a poetic tradition that he who opens a gold casket "shall gain what many men desire.

• coffin
• jewel casket

News & Articles

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• Soldier's body returns home to Sacramento
  A flag-draped casket, carrying the body of a Sacramento soldier who died in Afghanistan, sat on the tarmac of Mather Airport on Wednesday morning, next to a gathering of about 30 family members. View photos.
  June 13, 2013 - KCRA 3 Sacramento
• New Oak Caskets Just Released By China Casket Company MillionaireCasket.com
  MillionaireCasket.com, a professional China casket company in the field of casket wholesale, has just released its new oak caskets, which come with great discounts. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10820992.htm
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb
• China Casket Manufacturer MillionaireCasket.com is Launching Its Metal Casket Sale
  MillionaireCasket.com is the world’s leading casket company. Recently, the business has announced its metal casket sale, and the promotion will be valid until June 30, 2013. (PRWeb June 07, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10811644.htm
  June 7, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Billy Graham in FOXNews
  I wish you could look in that casket because she's so beautiful,said Graham, clinging to his walker. "She was a wonderful woman."
• Cardinal Roger Mahony in Hays Daily News
  They should not have to wait until they are brought home in a casket,Mahony said.
• Zahi Hawass in International Herald Tribune
  The lid of the wooden casket had excellent and well-preserved decorations ...... and the mummy's linen wrappings and the funerary drawings are still in their original condition,Hawass said.