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sepulture

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sep⋅ul⋅ture

  [sep-uhl-cher]
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–noun
1. the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
2. sepulcher; tomb.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < L sepultūra, equiv. to sepult(us) (ptp. of sepelīre to bury) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
se⋅pul⋅tur⋅al  [suh-puhl-cher-uhl] , adjective
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sep·ul·ture   (sěp'əl-chŏŏr', -chər)   
n.  

  1. The act of interment; burial.

  2. A sepulcher.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sepultūra, from sepultus, past participle of sepelīre, to bury the dead.]
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