Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Sepulture · Sep·ul·ture · IPA /ˈsɛpəɫt͡ʃ ə(ɹ)/ 01 n. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. 1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. “Where we may royal sepulture prepare.” — Dryden. 2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial. “Drunkeness that is the horrible sepulture of man's reason.” — Chaucer.