remains

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remains

(Au pluriel) Restes, la dépouille mortelle d'un être.
- The Buddha exhorted his followers not to worship him but to give his remains the honours of a Chakravartin (Emperor). Accordingly, stūpas were erected over his remains and in his memory, and homage was rendered to them. — (K. R. Subramanian, Buddhist Remains in Āndhra and The History of Āndhra between 225 & 610 A.D., chapitre II (« The Monuments of Āndhra »), sous-chapitre « Stūpas », pages 13-14. Madras (Chennai)-Vepery, Diocesan Press, 1932 [fac-similé : Asian Educational Services, 1989].)
- It is understood that once the kupuna leaves this world to journey on to the spiritual world, their remains should never be disturbed. — (Daniel Akaka, 26 octobre 1990. Congressional Record : Proceedings and debates of the 101^st Congress, second session, volume 136, part 24, page 35678. United States Givernment Printing Office, 1990.)
- Spain’s supreme court is expected to announce on Tuesday whether General Franco’s remains can be exhumed from the vast mausoleum outside Madrid where they have lain since the dictator’s death in 1975. — (Sam Jones, « Spain’s supreme court to rule on Franco exhumation expected to cause upset ». Theguardian.com, 22 septembre 2019.)