being gathered to one's fathers

Verb

be gathered to one's fathers (third-person singular simple present is gathered to one's fathers, present participle being gathered to one's fathers, simple past was gathered to one's fathers, past participle been gathered to one's fathers)

1. (dated, literary) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
   • And alſo all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and an other generacion aroſe after them, which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had done for Iſraél.[1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Ivdges II:10, folio 109...

   Synonyms:

   be gathered to one's people, be laid unto one's fathers, be put to one's fathers, sleep with one's fathers, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus