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A chamber that is used as a grave
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sepulture
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sepulture \Sep"ul*ture\, n. [F. s['e]pulture, L. sepultura, fr. sepelire, sepultum, to bury.] The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. Where we may royal sepulture prepare. --Dryden. A sepulcher; a grave; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The act of sepulchering. 2 (context archaic English) (alternative form of sepulchre English) vb. (cx transitive English) To inter in a sepulture.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial , entombment , inhumation , interment ] a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber , sepulcher , sepulchre ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"burial, interment," late 13c., from Old French sepulture , sepoutre "tomb, coffin" (12c.), from Latin sepultura "burial, funeral obsequies," from sepult- , past participle stem of sepelire "to bury" (see sepulchre ).
Usage examples of sepulture.
Now, therefore, looking at his watch, and consulting his time table, he got his slim valise from under on top of the seat before him, together with his hat-case, despatch-box, stick, and umbrella, and brushed off with his handkerchief some of the gritty railway dust that lay drifted in exterior folds and hollows of his coat, rebuttoned that garment with precision, arranged his shirt-collar, stuffed his muffler into his coat-pocket, and made generally that rude sacrifice to the graces with which natty men precede their exit from the dust and ashes of this sort of sepulture.
In case of contravention, I desire that the offender be sentenced to capital punishment on charge of violation of sepulture.