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The earliest known use of the noun sepulture is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for sepulture is from 1297, in Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle . sepulture is a borrowing from French.
4 days ago · 2 meanings: 1. the act of placing in a sepulchre 2. → an archaic word for sepulchre.... Click for more definitions.
6 days ago · 2 senses: 1. the act of placing in a sepulchre 2. → an archaic word for sepulchre.... Click for more definitions.
3 days ago · sepulture ( countable and uncountable, plural sepultures) ( uncountable) The act of sepulchring, committing the remains of a deceased person to the grave or sepulchre . ( archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.
Sepulture definition: The act of interment; burial. The primary idea of sepulture appears to have been the provision of a habitation for the dead; and thus, in its perfect form, the barrow included a chamber or chambers where the tenant was surrounded with the prized possessions of his previous life.
The earliest known use of the verb sepulture is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for sepulture is from 1490, in a translation by William Caxton, printer, merchant, and diplomat. It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
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sepulture: 1 n the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave Synonyms: burial , entombment , inhumation , interment Type of: funeral a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated n a chamber that is used as a grave Synonyms: burial chamber , sepulcher , sepulchre Examples: Holy Sepulcher the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between ...
