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sepultures

sepultures is the plural of sepulture.

Meaning of sepulture

Noun

sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

  1. (uncountable) 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

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Questions about sepultures

What is sepultures the plural of?
Sepultures is the plural of sepulture.

Words near sepultures in the dictionary

  1. sepulchrous
  2. sepult
  3. sepultural
  4. sepulture
  5. sepultured
  6. sepultures
  7. sepulturing
  8. Sepulvado
  9. Sepulvados
  10. Sepulveda
  11. Sepulvedas

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