Embalmed
Kept and embalmed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kept" instead a verb "Embalmed".
Nearby Words: embalmment, embalming
Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Gustav II Adolf's wife kept his embalmed corpse around for far longer than was considered proper.
Source: Mummies at the Dinner Table -
Karsuaburo Miyamoto was unable to accept his wife's death, so he embalmed the body and kept her in their conjugal bed for ten years before he was caught. Source.
Source: Mummies at the Dinner Table
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