2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Where we may royal sepulture prepare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. [1913 Webster] Drunkeness that is the horrible sepulture of man's reason. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sepulture n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {burial}, {entombment}, {inhumation}, {interment}] 2: a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: {burial chamber}, {sepulcher}, {sepulchre}]
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