sepulture

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No ordinary sepulture is to be his--it is to be an august sepulture, a silent sacred spot which those who respect glory, genius, and greatness may visit in "reverential tranquillity."

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  1. noun The act of interment; burial.
  2. noun A sepulcher.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sepultūra, from sepultus, past participle of sepelīre, to bury the dead.

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  1. from Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, sepouture, French sépulture = Provencal sepultura, sebultura = Spanish Portuguese sepulture = Italian sepoltura, sepultura, from Latin sepultura, burial, from sepelire, past participle sepultus, bury: see sepulcher.
  2. from Old French sepulturer, bury, from sepulture, burial: see sepulture, n.
 

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/ˈsɛpəltʃjur/
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