Sĕp'ul-tūre, n.

(53), n. [Fr. sépulture, Pr., Sp., & Pg. sepultura, It. sepultura, sepoltura, Lat. sepultura, from sepelīre, sepultum, to bury.] The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. “Where we may royal sepulture prepare.” Dryden.