sepulture
noun
sep·ul·ture ˈse-pəl-ˌchu̇r 
1
: burial
2
: sepulchre
Synonyms
- burial
- grave
- sepulchre
- sepulcher
- tomb
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Example Sentences
opened the sepulture and examined the mummy the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepultura, from sepultus, past participle of sepelire
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
sepultures
noun
1
as in tombs
a final resting place for a dead person opened the sepulture and examined the mummy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tombs
- graves
- sepulchers
- burials
- cemeteries
- sepulchres
- vaults
- churchyards
- charnel houses
- graveyards
- catacombs
- charnels
- potter's fields
- mausoleums
- crypts
- mausolea
- tumuli
- columbaria
- barrows
- mounds
2
as in entombments
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed Synonyms & Similar Words
- entombments
- funerals
- burials
- inhumations
- obsequies
- interments
- inurnments
- reinterments
- reburials
- embalmments
- immurements
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disinterments
- cremations
- exhumations