About The Word Sepulture
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Sepulture
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What's The Definition Of Sepulture?
[n] a chamber that is used as a grave
[n] the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave Synonyms | Synonyms for Sepulture: burial | burial chamber | entombment | inhumation | interment | sepulcher | sepulchre Related Terms | Find terms related to Sepulture: See Also | burial vault | chamber | crypt | funeral | grave | mausoleum | monument | repository | tomb | vault Sepulture In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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