noun
- the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- sepulcher; tomb.
noun
- the act of placing in a sepulchre
- an archaic word for sepulchre
n.“burial, interment,” late 13c., from Old French sepulture, sepoutre “tomb, coffin” (12c.), from Latin sepultura “burial, funeral obsequies,” from sepult-, past participle stem of sepelire “to bury” (see sepulcher).