What is another word for sepulcher?
274 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɛpʌlt͡ʃə], [ sˈɛpʌltʃə], [ s_ˈɛ_p_ʌ_l_tʃ_ə]
Sepulcher is a word that is used to describe a burial place or a tomb. There are several other words that can be used as synonyms for sepulcher which can add variety to a piece of writing or enhance one's vocabulary. Some of these synonyms include crypt, tombstone, burial chamber, mausoleum, catacomb, vault, sarcophagus, gravestone, and ossuary. These words have different origins and connotations, but all refer to the final resting place of the deceased. Using alternative words to describe a sepulcher can make writing sound and feel more interesting and varied, ensuring the text to be a more memorable piece of literature.
Synonyms for Sepulcher:
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n.
• boneyard • cinerarium • crypt • mausoleum • sepulcher • shrine • vault -
v.
• bury- consign grave ,
- consigned grave ,
- consigned to grave ,
- consigning grave ,
- consigning to grave ,
- consigns grave ,
- consigns to grave ,
- de posit ,
- de posited ,
- de positing ,
- de posits ,
- de-posit ,
- de-posited ,
- de-positing ,
- de-posits ,
- ensepulchered ,
- ensepulchering ,
- ensepulchers ,
- held last rites for ,
- held services for ,
- holding last rites for ,
- holding services for ,
- holds last rites for ,
- holds services for ,
- in earth ,
- in earthed ,
- in earthing ,
- in earths ,
- in-earth ,
- in-earthed ,
- in-earthing ,
- in-earths ,
- inearths ,
- inurns ,
- lays out ,
- puts six feet under ,
- putting six feet under ,
- sepultured ,
- sepulturing .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- Embalming ,
- Inearth ,
- Inurn ,
- Inurned ,
- Inurning ,
- Sepulchered ,
- Sepulchering ,
- Tombed ,
- Tombing ,
- bury ,
- consign to grave ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- ensepulcher ,
- entomb ,
- hold last rites for ,
- hold services for ,
- inearthed ,
- inearthing ,
- inhume ,
- inter ,
- put six feet under .
- Albata ,
- Cist ,
- Grave yard ,
- Jube ,
- Ossuarium ,
- Prothesis ,
- Scagliola ,
- Stupa ,
- absorb ,
- accept ,
- aisle ,
- ambo ,
- apse ,
- arch ,
- baldacchino ,
- baldachin ,
- barrow ,
- basement ,
- bear ,
- beehive tomb ,
- belfry ,
- bone house ,
- boneyard ,
- box grave ,
- burial ,
- burial ground ,
- burial mound ,
- burial vault ,
- burning ghat ,
- burst ,
- cairn ,
- calvary ,
- catacombs ,
- cellar ,
- cenotaph ,
- chancel ,
- chapter house ,
- charnel house ,
- choir ,
- cist grave ,
- confessional ,
- consume ,
- costume jewelry ,
- credence ,
- crematorium ,
- crematory ,
- cromlech ,
- crypt ,
- curve ,
- dead house ,
- deep-six ,
- devour ,
- dolmen ,
- douse ,
- drench ,
- drown ,
- eat ,
- eat up ,
- embed ,
- endure ,
- engage ,
- engross ,
- engulf ,
- enthrall ,
- entombment ,
- fix ,
- forget ,
- golgotha ,
- graveness ,
- graves ,
- hop ,
- hurdle ,
- immerse ,
- inhumation ,
- interment ,
- jerry building ,
- junk jewelry ,
- last home ,
- last resting place ,
- lay away ,
- lay to rest ,
- leap ,
- leave ,
- lectern ,
- long home ,
- man of straw ,
- mastaba ,
- monstrance ,
- monument ,
- morgue ,
- nave ,
- necropolis ,
- ormolu ,
- overwhelm ,
- paint ,
- passage grave ,
- paste ,
- pew ,
- pit ,
- plant ,
- potter's field ,
- presbytery ,
- pulpit ,
- put away ,
- pyramid ,
- quire ,
- reading desk ,
- reliquary ,
- repository ,
- sepulchres ,
- skip ,
- spring ,
- stall ,
- submerge ,
- swallow ,
- swallow up ,
- tinsel ,
- tope ,
- tower of silence ,
- transept ,
- tumulus ,
- veneer ,
- vestry ,
- white metal ,
- whited sepulcher ,
- ziggurat .
- Undercroft ,
- boot hill ,
- burial chamber ,
- burial place ,
- chamber ,
- charnel ,
- charnels ,
- churchyard ,
- churchyards ,
- city of the dead ,
- enshrinement ,
- eternal home ,
- final resting place ,
- funerary grounds ,
- hallowed place ,
- holy place ,
- marble town ,
- memorial park ,
- monuments ,
- permanent address ,
- place of interment ,
- polyandrium ,
- resting place ,
- sacred place ,
- safes ,
- sepulture ,
- strong room ,
- undercrofts .
How to use "Sepulcher" in context?
Sepulcher is a type of roof terrace or covered walk constructed over a mausoleum, either within the walls of a religious building or attached to it. The term is also used for the building that provides shelter for the sepulcher.
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