sepulture
/ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/
sepulture noun: the act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre. Also the alternative form of sepulchre.
Noun
sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)
- The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
- 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.1720, Homer, “Book XXII”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, pages 22–23, lines 426–432
- Synonyms:
- interment
- By thy own Soul! by thoſe who gave thee Breath!
Verb
sepulture (third-person singular simple present sepultures, present participle sepulturing, simple past and past participle sepultured)
- To inter in a sepulture.
Also used as
sepulture is also the alternative form of sepulchre.
Synonyms of sepulture
Forms of sepulture
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sepultures |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sepultures |
| present participle | sepulturing |
| past participle | sepultured |
| past | sepultured |
Origin of sepulture
From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.
Words formed from sepulture
Questions about sepulture
- What does sepulture mean?
- Sepulture means the act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
- What part of speech is sepulture?
- Sepulture can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sepulture?
- Sepulture is pronounced /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of sepulture?
- The plural of sepulture is sepultures.
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