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sepultural en · ADJ

Etymology

From sepulture + -al.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to sepulture.
   • If the sepultural spot could be ascertained, he would erect a stately monument over it. 1789, J. Lewis’s Mem. Dk. Glocester, page 72; quoted in “Sepultural”, in James A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al.], editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, 1884–1928, →OCLC, page 483, column 2:
   • Besides the works already described, [Pierre] Belon published a history of conifers and a treatise on the funeral monuments and sepultural usages of the ancients and the substances used by them for the preservation of bodies. 1889, “Sketch of Pierre Belon”, in William J[ay] Youmans, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume XXXIV, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], page 697:
   • No remains of sepultural enclosure were discernible. 1821 January 14, “Provincial Intelligence”, in John Bull, number 5, page 40, column 1:

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