sepulture

sep·ul·ture

noun \ˈse-pəl-ˌchu̇r\

Definition of SEPULTURE

1

: burial

2

: sepulchre

Examples of SEPULTURE

1. <opened the sepulture and examined the mummy>
2. <the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed>

Origin of SEPULTURE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepultura, from sepultus, past participle of sepelire

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SEPULTURE

Synonyms: burial, sepulchre (or sepulcher), grave, tomb

Antonyms: disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

Related Words: catacomb, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault; cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field; barrow, mound, tumulus

Near Antonyms: cremation

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Rhymes with SEPULTURE

amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur