sepulture
[ sep-uhl-cher ]
noun
the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
sepulcher; tomb.
Origin of sepulture
11250–1300; Middle English <Old French <Latin sepultūra, equivalent to sepult(us) (past participle of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra-ure
Other words from sepulture
- se·pul·tur·al [suh-puhl-cher-uhl], /səˈpʌl tʃər əl/, adjective
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How to use sepulture in a sentence
Car les Sauvages ayans encore de la reverence aux sepultures de leurs peres & amis, le vouloient porter au Cap de Sable 40.
These sepultures are some by incineration, others by inhumation.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.This is a fact of which the pyramids, the caverns, and all the sepultures of Egypt offer us irrefragible proofs.
History of Embalming | J. N. Gannal
British Dictionary definitions for sepulture
sepulture
/ (ˈsɛpəltʃə) /
noun
the act of placing in a sepulchre
an archaic word for sepulchre
Origin of sepulture
1C13: via Old French from Latin sepultūra, from sepultus buried, from sepelīre to bury
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