About The Word Sepulcher
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Sepulcher
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What's The Definition Of Sepulcher?
[n] a chamber that is used as a grave
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sepulcher: burial chamber | sepulchre | sepulture Related Terms | Find terms related to Sepulcher: See Also | burial vault | chamber | crypt | grave | mausoleum | monument | repository | tomb | vault Sepulcher In Webster's Dictionary \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, n. [OE.
sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s['e]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum,
sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]
The place in which the dead body of a human being is
interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a
tomb.
The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak.
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1.
{A whited sepulcher}. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly
but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.
\Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton. |
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