sepulture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act or ceremony of burying a dead person

   The family requested a simple sepulture in the village cemetery.

2. 2
   noun

   a grave, tomb, or burial place

   Archaeologists found offerings beside the ancient sepulture.

From Middle English sepulture and Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura ("burial"), from sepelire ("to bury"). The word can name either the act of burial or the place where remains are laid.

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