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noun
The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of sepulchre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable
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verb
To inter in a sepulture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a chamber that is used as a grave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chamber, grave, tomb
Narrower terms: crypt, mausoleum, repository, monument, vault, burial vault, Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre
noun
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: funeral
History
From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.
