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sepulture

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sepulture

1 a final resting place for a dead person
  • opened the sepulture and examined the mummy
Synonyms of sepulture

burial, grave, sepulchre (or sepulcher), tomb
Words Related to sepulture

catacomb, crypt, mausoleum, vault

cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field
2 the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
  • the final sepulture of the body
Synonyms of sepulture

burial, burying, entombing, entombment, interment, interring
Words Related to sepulture

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment
Near Antonyms of sepulture

cremation
Antonyms of sepulture

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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