Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sepulture

2 senses of sepulture

Sense 1
burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture -- (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)
       => funeral -- (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral")

Sense 2
burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture -- (a chamber that is used as a grave)
       => grave, tomb -- (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave")
       => chamber -- (a natural or artificial enclosed space)

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