| NOUN | artifact | burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | a chamber that is used as a grave |
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| Meaning | A chamber that is used as a grave. | |
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| Synonyms | sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture | |
| Instances | Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre | The sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection |
| Narrower | crypt | A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) |
| mausoleum | A large burial chamber, usually above ground | |
| repository, monument | A burial vault (usually for some famous person) | |
| vault, burial vault | A burial chamber (usually underground) | |
| Broader | 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) | |
| Spanish | sepulcro, sepultura | |
| Catalan | sepulcre, sepultura | |
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