sepulture

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛpəɫˌt͡ʃ ʊə(ɹ)/
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Noun

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sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

  1. (uncountable) The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre.
    • 1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XXII”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume VI, London: [] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott [], →OCLC, pages 22–23, lines 426–432:
      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.
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.

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Verb

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sepulture (third-person singular simple present sepultures, present participle sepulturing, simple past and past participle sepultured)

  1. (transitive) To inter in a sepulture.

Latin

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Participle

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sepultūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sepultūrus