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Definition of sepulture in English: sepulturenoun ˈsɛp(ə)ltʃəˈsɛpəltʃər mass nounarchaic Burial; interment. 〈古〉埋葬；安葬 葬礼。 Example sentencesExamples - This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
- ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
- Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
Synonyms burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire 'bury'. Definition of sepulture in US English: sepulturenounˈsɛpəltʃərˈsepəlCHər archaic Burial; interment. 〈古〉埋葬；安葬 葬礼。 Example sentencesExamples - This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
- ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
- Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
Synonyms burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire ‘bury’. |