SEPULTURE

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture

(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

(uncountable) The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.

(archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.

Synonyms

• (act of sepulchring): interment

Verb

sepulture (third-person singular simple present sepultures, present participle sepulturing, simple past and past participle sepultured)

(transitive) To inter in a sepulture.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sep"ul*ture, n. Etym: [F. sépulture, L. sepultura, fr. sepelire, sepultum, to bury.]

1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. Where we may royal sepulture prepare. Dryden.

2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. Drunkeness that the horrible sepulture of man's reason. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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