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as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed
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Noun
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Christians recognize Good Friday as the day Jesus Christ was crucified, died and was buried in a tomb.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026 -
It is believed that early Christians adapted this idea, viewing the egg as a symbol of Jesus' resurrection and the empty shell as a symbol for the empty tomb.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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According to his burial record, Josiah Redman died April 19, 1860, but was buried in Spring Grove on April 20, 1904.—
Jennie Key,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bordaz has long theorized that the musketeer's body was probably buried near the French camp, rather than being taken back to France, so that King Louis XIV could have personally attended his burial.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The bone found during a 1940 excavation dated between 1391 and 1130 BCE, well before the mound’s construction, and appeared to have been deposited independently of a grave.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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Legend has it that one funeral was so fueled by whiskey in this sacred spot that the mourners forgot to bury their dead.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Fire trucks lined up outside a funeral home in Chicago’s southwest suburbs on a gray and rainy Tuesday morning for the funeral of Michael Altman, a Chicago firefighter who died while working to put out a Rogers Park fire earlier this month.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Sepulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulture. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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