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sepulcher
noun
1 sepulcher
A chamber that is used as a grave.
synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture.
Roget 363:
interment,
burial,
sepulture†;
inhumation†;
obsequies,
exequies†;
funeral,
wake,
pyre,
funeral pile;
cremation.
funeral,
funeral rite,
funeral solemnity;
kneel,
passing bell,
tolling;
dirge
etc.
(lamentation)
839;
cypress;
orbit,
dead march,
muffled drum;
mortuary,
undertaker,
mute;
elegy;
funeral,
funeral oration,
funeral sermon;
epitaph.
graveclothes†,
shroud,
winding sheet,
cerecloth;
cerement.
coffin,
shell,
sarcophagus,
urn,
pall,
bier,
hearse,
catafalque,
cinerary urn†.
grave,
pit,
sepulcher,
tomb,
vault,
crypt,
catacomb,
mausoleum,
Golgotha,
house of death,
narrow house;
cemetery,
necropolis;
burial place,
burial ground;
grave yard,
church yard;
God's acre;
tope,
cromlech,
barrow,
tumulus,
cairn;
ossuary;
bone house,
charnel house,
dead house;
morgue;
lich gate†;
burning ghat†;
crematorium,
crematory;
dokhma†,
mastaba†,
potter's field,
stupa†,
Tower of Silence.
sexton,
gravedigger.
monument,
cenotaph,
shrine;
grave stone,
head stone,
tomb stone;
memento mori [Lat.];
hatchment†,
stone;
obelisk,
pyramid.
exhumation,
disinterment;
necropsy,
autopsy,
post mortem examination [Lat.];
zoothapsis†.
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Dutch: graf, grafkamer
Moby thesaurus: barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, cromlech, crypt, deep six, dokhma, dolmen, ensepulcher, entomb, grave, house of death, inhume, inter, last home, lay away, long home, low green tent, low house, mastaba, mausoleum, monstrance, mummy chamber, narrow house, ossuarium, ossuary, passage grave, pit, plant, put away, pyramid, reliquary, resting place, sepulture, shaft grave, shrine, stupa, tomb, tope, tower of silence, tumulus, vault ... show more.
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