sepulture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sepulture
    n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {burial},
         {entombment}, {inhumation}, {interment}, {sepulture}]
    2: a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: {burial chamber},
       {sepulcher}, {sepulchre}, {sepulture}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sepulture \Sep"ul*ture\, n. [F. s['e]pulture, L. sepultura, fr.
   sepelire, sepultum, to bury.]
   1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in
      the grave; burial; interment.
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            Where we may royal sepulture prepare. --Dryden.
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   2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.
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            Drunkeness that is the horrible sepulture of man's
            reason.                               --Chaucer.
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