Meanings
plural sepultures
- uncountableThe act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
By thy own Soul! by thoſe who gave thee Breath! By all the ſacred Prevalence of Pray'r; Ah, leave me not for Grecian Dogs to tear! The common Rites of Sepulture beſtow, To ſooth a Father's and a Mother's Woe; Let their large Gifts procure an Urn at leaſt, And Hector's Ashes in his Country reſt.
1720, Homer, “Book XXII”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, pages 22–23, lines 426–432Synonyms: interment
- alternativearchaiccountableuncountableAlternative form of sepulchre.
present singular third person sepultures · participle present sepulturing · participle past sepultured · past sepultured
- transitiveTo inter in a sepulture.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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Origin
- Latinsepultura
- Old Frenchsepulture
- Middle Englishsepulture
- Englishsepulture
From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.
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