sepulture

• Substantivo que designa o ato de sepultar um corpo morto em uma cova, ou a câmara ou jazigo usados como local de sepultamento.

A noun referring to the act of burying a dead body in a grave, or a chamber or tomb used as a burial place.

1. BurialC2formal

   The act or ceremony of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb.

   Sepultamento

   • The sepulture of the ancient king was a grand ceremony.
   • They prepared the site for the sepulture of the fallen soldiers.
   • The ritual of sepulture has changed over the centuries.

   Sinônimosburialentombmentinhumationinterment

2. Grave or TombC2formal

   A chamber, vault, or other place used for burying the dead.

   Sepultura ou túmulo

   • The archaeologists discovered an ancient sepulture beneath the hill.
   • The family visited the sepulture of their ancestors.
   • The sepulture was carved into the rock face.

   Sinônimoscryptgravemausoleumsepulchertombvault