sepulture

See also: sépulture

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛpəɫˌt͡ʃ ʊə(ɹ)/
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Noun edit

sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

(uncountable) The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
- 1720, Homer, [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book XXII”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, pages 22–23, lines 426–432:
  By thy own Soul! by thoſe who gave thee Breath!
  By all the ſacred Prevalence of Pray'r;
  Ah, leave me not for Grecian Dogs to tear!
  The common Rites of Sepulture beſtow,
  To ſooth a Father's and a Mother's Woe;
  Let their large Gifts procure an Urn at leaſt,
  And Hector⁠'s Ashes in his Country reſt.
(archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.

Synonyms edit

(act of sepulchring): interment

Derived terms edit

sepultural

Verb edit

sepulture (third-person singular simple present sepultures, present participle sepulturing, simple past and past participle sepultured)

(transitive) To inter in a sepulture.

Latin edit

Participle edit

sepultūre

vocative masculine singular of sepultūrus