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sepulture

[sep-uhl-cher]

sep·ul·ture

[sep-uhl-cher]
noun
1.
the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
2.
sepulcher; tomb.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin sepultūra, equivalent to sepult(us) (past participle of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra -ure

se·pul·tur·al [suh-puhl-cher-uhl] , adjective
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Sepulture is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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sepulture (ˈsɛpəltʃə)
 
n
1.  the act of placing in a sepulchre
2.  an archaic word for sepulchre
 
[C13: via Old French from Latin sepultūra, from sepultus buried, from sepelīre to bury]

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