sepulture
Laying to rest
Sepulture is burial or interment—the act of placing a body in a grave or tomb.
The word is literary and archaic, appearing mainly in historical or poetic contexts: The knight was given honorable sepulture in the cathedral.
It can also refer to a burial place itself, though this use is rare.
Putting a body underground
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
grave · graveyard · cemetery · necropolis · plot · exhumation · reburial · churchyard
Subterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
ossuary · charnel · chamber · pyramid · dolmen · tumulus · undercroft · columbarium
Service honoring the dead
- obsequiesFormal burial rites
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- requiemMass for the deceased
vigil · wake · procession · mourning · incense · chanting · prayers · offering
Ancient Egyptian ruler
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
- catacombUnderground cemetery passage
sarcophagus · Anubis · hieroglyphics · canopic · dolmen · barrow · mound-builder · megalith
interment
Putting a body underground
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
shroud · grave · graveyard · cemetery · necropolis · plot · exhumation · reburial · churchyard · barrow
crypt
Subterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- vaultSecure storage chamber
catacomb · ossuary · charnel · chamber · pyramid · dolmen · tumulus · undercroft · columbarium · cenotaph
funeral
Service honoring the dead
requiem · vigil · wake · procession · mourning · incense · chanting · prayers · offering · pallbearer
pharaoh
Ancient Egyptian ruler
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
catacomb · sarcophagus · Anubis · hieroglyphics · canopic · dolmen · barrow · mound-builder · megalith
headstone
Memorial slab marking burial
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- markerSomething that signals location
gravestone · tombstone · memorial · inscription · obelisk · stele · plaque · wreath · flowers · remembrance
rest
Cessation of activity
stillness · quietude · serenity · slumber · sleep · hereafter · beyond
sepultureexhumation
Recovering buried remains
disinterment · unearthing · exhuming · disinterring · grave-robbing
sepulcher, sepulchral, entombment, sepulchres, sepulchers, sepulchre