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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Find another word for sepulture. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sepulture, like: catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, grave, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, tomb, vault, keep and place.
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Sepulture Sentence Examples

  • These structures, however, are of comparatively minor importance in point of dimensions and decoration; they were apparently designed as places of sepulture for local chieftains, whose domains were afterwards incorporated in the Athenian realm by the vuvoucccr,u6 (synoecism) attributed 1/ Attal}is y?

  • (5) Claims by individuals to particular seats in church or special places of sepulture.

  • 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.

  • west of Bagdad, on the Euphrates road, in or by a grove of trees, stands the shrine and tomb of Nabi Yusha or Kohen Yusha, a place of monthly pilgrimage to the Jews, who believe it to be the place of sepulture of Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest at the close of the exilian period.

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