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Webster 1913 Edition


Sepulture

Sep′ul-ture

,
Noun.
[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 is the horrible
sepulture
of man’s reason.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sepulture

SEP'ULTURE

,
Noun.
Burial; internment; the act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave.
Where we may royal sepulture prepare. Dryden.

Definition 2024


sepulture

sepulture

See also: sépulture

English

Noun

sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

  1. (uncountable) The act of sepulchring.
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.

Synonyms

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To inter in a sepulture.

Latin

Participle

sepultūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sepultūrus