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Noun: sepulture  se-pul-chu(r)
Usage: archaic
  1. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    - burial, entombment, inhumation, interment
     
  2. A chamber that is used as a grave
    - burial chamber, sepulcher [US], sepulchre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: sepultures

Type of: chamber, funeral, grave, obsequy, tomb

Encyclopedia: Sepulture