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Cometan's coffer
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Cometan's coffer. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/cometan's-coffer. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
noun Astroeschatology
the astral night sky, especially regarded as the resting place of Astronists, those whom have died in outer space, or those ejected into the astronomical world as part of a space burial.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Cometan’s ossuary
Cometan’s sepulture
the Coffer
the Overcroft
Vault of The Cosmos
Vault of the stars
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the word coffer is used to denote “a chest” or “strongbox” which is then used as a metaphor for the notion that the astronomical world harbours the souls of those deceased.
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