sepulchres
Stone burial chambers
Sepulchres is the plural of sepulchre, a tomb or burial place, especially one cut into rock or built as a monument.
The word is literary and archaic, appearing most often in biblical and historical contexts: whited sepulchres, the Holy Sepulchre.
The American spelling is sepulcher.
Chambers for the dead
- cryptsSubterranean burial chambers
- vaultsSecure storage rooms
- mausoleumsLarge ornate burial buildings
- chambersEnclosed functional rooms
stone · carved · marble · monuments · niches · sarcophagi · edifices · masonry
Putting a body underground
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
- remainsContinues in place
- corpsesDead human bodies
- deceasedNo longer living
ancestors · resting · eternal · laid · buried · funeral · rites · mourning
tombs
Chambers for the dead
- cryptsSubterranean burial chambers
- vaultsSecure storage rooms
- mausoleumsLarge ornate burial buildings
chambers · stone · carved · marble · monuments · niches · sarcophagi · edifices · masonry · arches
interment
Putting a body underground
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
- remainsContinues in place
- corpsesDead human bodies
deceased · ancestors · resting · eternal · laid · buried · funeral · rites · mourning · death
whited
Made to appear pale
dead · outwardly · inwardly · righteous · corruption · defilement · scribes · Matthew · woe · appearance
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
forgotten · shadows · moonlit · cobwebs · dust · darkness · ravens · spirits · ghosts · macabre
- tombstombs, burial vault, burial chamber, mausoleum, graves
sepulchresbirthplaces
Where someone was born
cradles · nurseries · maternity wards · wombs · delivery rooms
sepulchresdwellings
Places of residence
homes · living quarters · habitations · residences · houses
sepulchresbaptisteries
Structures for christening rituals
wedding chapels · altars · tabernacles · sanctuaries · temples
- sepulchral monumentsStructures commemorating the interred
- Holy SepulchreChrist's burial chamber