sepulture
Americannoun
-
the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
-
sepulcher; tomb.
noun
-
the act of placing in a sepulchre
-
an archaic word for sepulchre
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sepulture
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin sepultūra, equivalent to sepult ( us ) (past participle of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At the eastern end of both aisles, are two places, formerly appropriated as places of sepulture for the two great Lords of Ashby.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Might he not have risen in wrath out of his sarcophagus to see these frivolous moderns thus making merry in the place of his sepulture?
From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
The arca, or family sepulture, can no longer be traced in the church.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
In the matter of royal sepulture, it is certain that the whale had an immense advantage.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey
Cases of premature sepulture are, doubtless, extremely rare.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
