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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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