sepulture

noun

ˈse-pəl-ˌchu̇r How to pronounce sepulture (audio)
Definition of sepulturenext
1
as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person opened the sepulture and examined the mummy

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2
as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepulture
  1. tomb
  2. burial
  3. grave
  4. funeral
Noun
  • There are endless ruins to discover… the remains of villas, palaces, theaters, castles, churches, tombs, and more... The Paphos Mosaics are one of the finest examples of ancient mosaics in the Eastern Mediterranean and should absolutely be at the top of your must-see list.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of tomb
Noun
  • One Navy veteran will also receive a traditional burial at sea, and additional urns will be reunited with family in Rhode Island, New York, and Maine.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • With millennials leading chills, composting bills that expand the legalization of Natural Organic Reduction have been passed in 12 states, leading to greater ubiquity of green burial options at funeral homes.
    Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of burial
Noun
  • To make the moment more solemn, David suggests borrowing from the Jewish ritual of laying a stone on top of a grave, and places one near the threshold.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • How fast a body decays within a grave is controlled by temperature, humidity, oxygen levels, water availability, the acidity of the surrounding substrate, the chemical composition of the corpse, and the presence or lack of certain microorganisms.
    David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of grave
Noun
  • Finn Keane is holding a funeral for himself — or for his pseudonym, anyway.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Five or six missiles had hit a neighboring house where a funeral was under way, killing one of the family’s neighbors and injuring about 60 others.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of funeral
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“Sepulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulture. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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