sepulture
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əl 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
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin sepultūra, equivalent to sepult(us) (past participle of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra -ure
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| —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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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. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
The bodies of more than half of them were brought back for sepulture in their native valleys.
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