sepulture
Americannoun
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the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
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sepulcher; tomb.
noun
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the act of placing in a sepulchre
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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
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In place thairof, sen I have ellis left it unto zow, I send unto zow ane sepulture of hard stane, collourit with blak, sawin with teiris and bones.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Sir Walter Scott, who has made “Old Mortality” the subject of a novel, intended to rear a tombstone to his memory, but was unable to discover his place of sepulture.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
Here are four rooms filled with the works of Goya—whose bones, by the way, arrived in Madrid from France for final 290 sepulture a few days before the celebration.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
This was one of the “Memaloose” or sepulture places of the Indians.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
After willingly remaining some time here, beside this simple Christian tomb, we went to see an ancient place of Indian sepulture.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
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