sepulture

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  • Noun:
    the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    a chamber that is used as a grave

Word Origin

sepulture (n.)
"burial, interment," late 13c., from Old French sepulture, sepoutre "tomb, coffin" (12c.), from Latin sepultura "burial, funeral obsequies," from sepult-, past participle stem of sepelire "to bury" (see sepulchre).

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