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Definition of Sepulture
1. Noun. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
Generic synonyms: Funeral
Derivative terms: Bury, Entomb, Inhume, Inter
2. Noun. A chamber that is used as a grave.
Generic synonyms: Chamber, Grave, Tomb
Specialized synonyms: Crypt, Mausoleum, Monument, Repository, Burial Vault, Vault
Specialized synonyms: Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre
Derivative terms: Sepulchral, Sepulchral
Definition of Sepulture
1. n. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
Definition of Sepulture
1. Noun. A sepulchre. ¹
2. Noun. The act of sepulchering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sepulture
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sepulture
Literary usage of Sepulture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"PREVALENT MODE OF sepulture—WIDELY-DIFFUSED SEPULCHRAL RITES—INDIAN ... It was
a prevailing, though by no means universal mode of sepulture among tribes of ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In connection with this scheme and with the general question of extramural
interments he wrote ' Extramural Burial,' 1850 ; ' Extramural sepulture,' 1850 ..."
3. New Criminal Procedure: Or New Commentaries on the Law of Pleading and by Joel Prentiss Bishop, Harry Clay Underhill (1913)
"sepulture. Consult—for the law of violating sepulture. New Crlm. Law, II, ...
There are various Offenses—against the rights of sepulture;17 as,— 2. ..."
4. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1852)
"PRESENT ASPECT OP THE EXTRA-MURAL sepulture QUESTION. THE majority of our readers
are doubtless aware that, after all the real difficulties connected with ..."
5. The Antiquary (1871)
"The character of these personal trinkets shows that the site had been extensively
used in Anglo-Saxon times for purposes of sepulture. ..."
6. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"PREVALENT MODE OF sepulture—WIDELY-DIFFUSED SEPULCHRAL RITES—INDIAN ... It was
a prevailing, though by no means universal mode of sepulture among tribes of ..."
7. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In connection with this scheme and with the general question of extramural
interments he wrote ' Extramural Burial,' 1850 ; ' Extramural sepulture,' 1850 ..."
8. New Criminal Procedure: Or New Commentaries on the Law of Pleading and by Joel Prentiss Bishop, Harry Clay Underhill (1913)
"sepulture. Consult—for the law of violating sepulture. New Crlm. Law, II, ...
There are various Offenses—against the rights of sepulture;17 as,— 2. ..."
9. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1852)
"PRESENT ASPECT OP THE EXTRA-MURAL sepulture QUESTION. THE majority of our readers
are doubtless aware that, after all the real difficulties connected with ..."
10. The Antiquary (1871)
"The character of these personal trinkets shows that the site had been extensively
used in Anglo-Saxon times for purposes of sepulture. ..."
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