SEPULTURES Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

sepultures

noun

plural of sepulture

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person opened the sepulture and examined the mummy

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as in burials

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed

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Noun

But there is very little archaeological evidence available, given that many of the earliest Egyptian tombs were plundered and/or hastily excavated.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
But our latest research shows how these tombs – built for Etruscans of higher socioeconomic and political status—were designed to offer sophisticated sensory experiences.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of tombs

Noun

Pomeroy and her colleagues excavated the remains from inside Shanidar Cave, an archaeological site in Iraqi Kurdistan famous for containing evidence of ritualistic Neanderthal burials.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Until a 1917 church law was revised in 1983, those who died by suicide were denied Catholic burials on consecrated grounds.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of burials

Noun

This spring, archaeologists in Croatia announced the discovery of ancient Roman graves beneath the coastal city of Zadar — revealing a burial site used for nearly 500 years.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
An Associated Press photograph helped uncover the graves For years, architect Nguyen Xuan Thang pored over photographs from the Vietnam War, searching for clues to the location of the burial site.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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