sepulture

sep·ul·ture  (spl-chr, -chr)

n.

1. The act of interment; burial.

2. A sepulcher.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sepultra, from sepultus, past participle of sepelre, to bury the dead.]

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sepulture [ˈsɛpəltʃə]

n

1. the act of placing in a sepulchre

2. an archaic word for sepulchre

[via Old French from Latin sepultūra, from sepultus buried, from sepelīre to bury]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sepulture - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave burial, entombment, inhumation, interment funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
	2.	sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave     burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space crypt - a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" 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)