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Definitions for: Sepulture [n] a chamber that is used as a grave
[n] the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Webster (1913) Definition: Sep"ul*ture, n. [F. s['e]pulture, L. sepultura, fr.
sepelire, sepultum, to bury.]
1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in
the grave; burial; interment.
Where we may royal sepulture prepare. --Dryden.
2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.
Drunkeness that is the horrible sepulture of man's
reason. --Chaucer.
Synonyms: burial, burial chamber, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulcher, sepulchre
See Also: burial vault, chamber, crypt, funeral, grave, mausoleum, monument, repository, tomb, vault
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