sep•ul•ture
We found 8 definitions of sepulture from 5 different sources.
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sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave | ||
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre | ||
tomb, grave a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" | ||
chamber a natural or artificial enclosed space | ||
crypt a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) | ||
mausoleum a large burial chamber, usually above ground | ||
monument, repository an important site that is marked and preserved as public property | ||
sepulture - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | ||
burial, entombment, inhumation, interment | ||
funeral a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral" |