First Known Use: 14th century
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sepulture
noun sep·ul·ture \ˈse-pəl-ˌchu̇r\
Definition of SEPULTURE
1
: burial
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Origin of SEPULTURE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepultura, from sepultus, past participle of sepelire
Related to SEPULTURE
- Antonyms
- disinterment, exhumation, unearthing
Rhymes with SEPULTURE
amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, tablature, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
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