Another word for sepulture

A burial place or receptacle for human remains

• vault

  1. An arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
  2. An arched overhead covering, such as the sky, that resembles the architectural structure in form.
  3. A room or space, such as a cellar or storeroom, with arched walls and ceiling, especially when underground.

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• tomb

  1. A grave or other place of burial.
  2. A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
  3. A monument commemorating the dead.

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• sepulcher

  1. A burial vault.
  2. A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
  3. To place into a sepulcher; inter.

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• ossuary

  1. A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

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• mausoleum

  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
  2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

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• grave

  1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
  2. A place of burial.
  3. Death or extinction:

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• crypt

  1. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  2. A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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• cinerarium

  1. A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body.

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• catacomb

  1. An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
  2. An underground, often labyrinthine passageway.

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