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Definition of sepulture in English: sepulturenoun ˈsɛp(ə)ltʃəˈsɛpəltʃər mass nounarchaic Burial; interment. Example sentencesExamples - This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
- ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
- Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
Synonyms burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave
Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire 'bury'. Definition of sepulture in US English: sepulturenounˈsɛpəltʃərˈsepəlCHər archaic Burial; interment. Example sentencesExamples - This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
- ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
- Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
Synonyms burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave
Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire ‘bury’. |