sepulture

Other forms: sepultures

Definitions of sepulture

1. noun

   the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
   synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment

   type of:

   funeral

   a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
2. noun

   a chamber that is used as a grave
   synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre

   examples:

   Holy Sepulcher

   the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection

   types:

   crypt

   a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)

   mausoleum

   a large burial chamber, usually above ground

   monument, repository

   a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

   burial vault, vault

   a burial chamber (usually underground)

   charnel, charnel house

   a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

   columbarium

   a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns

   type of:

   chamber

   a natural or artificial enclosed space

   grave, tomb

   a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)