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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEPULTURE

n.Burial; internment; the act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave. Where we may royal sepulture prepare. Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEPULTURE

Sep "ul *ture, n. Etym: [F. sépulture, L. sepultura, fr. sepelire,sepultum, to bury. ]

1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. Where we may royal sepulture prepare. Dryden.

2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. Drunkeness that the horrible sepulture of man's reason. Chaucer.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sepulture

sep ul ture |ˈsepəlCHər ˈsɛpəltʃər | ▶noun archaic burial; interment: the rites of sepulture. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire ‘bury. ’

Oxford Dictionary

sepulture

sepulture |ˈsɛp (ə )ltʃə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic burial; interment: the rites of sepulture. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin sepultura, from sepelire ‘bury ’.

French Dictionary

sépulture

sépulture n. f. nom féminin littéraire Lieu où repose le corps d ’une personne morte. SYNONYME tombe .

Spanish Dictionary

sepulturero, -ra

sepulturero, -ra nombre masculino y femenino Persona que tiene por oficio enterrar a los muertos :el sepulturero cavó la fosa en la que pusieron el féretro .SINÓNIMO enterrador . VÉASE escarabajo sepulturero .