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单词 sepulture
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Definition of sepulture in English:

sepulture

noun ˈsɛp(ə)ltʃəˈsɛpəltʃər
mass nounarchaic
  • Burial; interment.

    the rites of sepulture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
    • ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
    • Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
    Synonyms
    burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire 'bury'.

 
 

Definition of sepulture in US English:

sepulture

nounˈsɛpəltʃərˈsepəlCHər
archaic
  • Burial; interment.

    the rites of sepulture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This place of sepulture is the specially erected crypt, immediately below the altar, in the Church of St. John, Leipzig.
    • ‘These men died for us gentlemen,’ he told the council, ‘and we at least owe it to their memories, decently to meet and garnish the spot of their sepulture.’
    • Until 1880 the suicide was required to be buried without rites of Christian sepulture.
    Synonyms
    burial, burying, interment, entombment, committal, inhumation, laying to rest, consignment to the grave

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire ‘bury’.

 
 
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