Sepulture synonyms

sĕp'əl-cho͝or', -chər

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catacomb
An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
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cinerarium
A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people
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crypt
(Anatomy) A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.
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grave
An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
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mausoleum
A gloomy, usually large room or building.
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ossuary
A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
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sepulcher
A burial vault.
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tomb
The definition of a tomb is a vault or chamber where dead people are buried.
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vault
(Gym.) An event in which a gymnast vaults over a horse with the help of a springboard
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keep (related)
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
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place (related)
A role or purpose; a station.
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burial-chamber
A chamber, often below ground level, used to bury the remains of the dead.
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sepulchre
A burial chamber.
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burial
The act of burying; esp., the burying of a dead body; interment
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inhumation
(Medicine) arenation
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interment
The act of burying a dead body; burial.
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relique (related)
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buriall (related)
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  • The original term, catacumbae, however, had no connexion with sepulture, but was simply the name of a particular locality in the environs of Rome.

  • The original designation of these places of sepulture is crypta or coemeterium.

  • Mark's narratives of the sepulture by Joseph of Arirathea and of the empty tomb are taken as posterior to St Paul; the narratives of the infancy in Matthew and Luke as later still.

  • Distinct rank was accorded to aldermen, and in the Liber Albus we are told that " it is a matter of experience that ever since the year of our Lord 1350, at the sepulture of aldermen, the ancient custom of interment with baronial honours was observed."

  • The primary idea of sepulture appears to have been the provision of a habitation for the dead; and thus, in its perfect form, the barrow included a chamber or chambers where the tenant was surrounded with the prized possessions of his previous life.

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