sepultures

plural of sepulture
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as in burials
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

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Noun
  • With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.
    Fulvio De Bonis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The statues were placed on rectangular stone platforms called ahu, which serve as tombs.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Maryland officials reinterred 65 of the state's earliest settlers in a powerful ceremony more than 300 years after the settlers' first burials.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The burials of these individuals also show that they were integrated into their respective communities.
    Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others speak of the heart-wrenching loss of ancestors' graves.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
    Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Sepultures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepultures. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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