sepulture

Noun
  1. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave (synset 107466297)
    is a type of: funeral, obsequy - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    same as: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment
  2. A chamber that is used as a grave (synset 102925268)
    is a type of:
    • chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space
    • grave, tomb - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
    subtypes:
    • crypt - a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
    • mausoleum - a large burial chamber, usually above ground
    • monument, repository - a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
    • burial vault, vault - a burial chamber (usually underground)
    specific instances: holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre - the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
    same as: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre

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