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Sepulchre

{

Sep′ul-cher

,

Sep′ul-chre

}
,
Noun.
[OE.
sepulcre
, OF. sepulcre, F.
sépulcre
, 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
.
Shakespeare
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

,

Sep′ul-chre

}
,
Verb.
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.