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Sepulture N Burial Interment Cf Sepulchre Passed Days

Word sepulture
Definition n. Burial, interment. (Cf. sepulchre.)
Sentence He had passed these days on the verandah, buried in a long chair, and coming out of his place of sepulture only at meal-times or late at night.
Source
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, p. 82

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