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
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Etymology
Origin of sepulture
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin sepultūra, equivalent to sepult ( us ) (past participle of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra -ure
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Cases of premature sepulture are, doubtless, extremely rare.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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
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 Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Such a place of sepulture well befitted such a man.
From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot
A lane on the left leads to the Jewish burial-ground, used as a place of sepulture for the Ghetto for many centuries.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
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