sepulture (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *sepulture*:
NOUN	event	sepulture, burial, entombment, inhumation, interment	the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
artifact	sepulture, burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre	a chamber that is used as a grave

English > *sepulture*: 2 senses > noun 1, event
Meaning	The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
Synonyms	burial, entombment, inhumation, interment
Broader	funeral, obsequy	A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
Spanish	enterramiento, entierro, funeral, inhumación, sepelio, sepultura
Catalan	enterrament, inhumació, sepeli, sepultura

English > *sepulture*: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	A chamber that is used as a grave.
Synonyms	burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre
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
Broader	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

HyperDic: sepulture