Reihengräber

proper noun

A culture characterized by the burial practice of regularly arranged, identically oriented inhumation graves, existing between the mid-fifth and early-eighth century in central and western Europe, within the Merovingian sphere of influence.

OriginGerman Reihengräber →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalarchaeologyA culture characterized by the burial practice of regularly arranged, identically oriented inhumation graves, existing between the mid-fifth and early-eighth century in central and western Europe, within the Merovingian sphere of influence.

Origin

  1. GermanReihengräber
  2. EnglishReihengräber

From German Reihengräber (literally “row grave”).

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Reihengräber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reihengr%C3%A4ber

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“Reihengräber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reihengr%C3%A4ber. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Reihengräber,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reihengr%C3%A4ber.

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