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sepulture

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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, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault

cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field

barrow, mound, tumulus

2 the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed

Synonyms of sepulture

burial, burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies)

Words Related to sepulture

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment

Near Antonyms of sepulture

Antonyms of sepulture

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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