Mos Teutonicus

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Mos Teutonicus (English: Germanic custom) or less commonly Mos Gallicus (English: Gallic custom) was a postmortem funerary custom used in Europe in the Middle Ages as a means of transporting, and solemnly disposing of, the bodies of high-status individuals.

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