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Sepulcher

SEP'ULCHER

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Noun.
[from L. sepulchrum, from sepelio, to bury, which seems to be formed with a prefix on the Goth. filhan, to bury.] A grave; atomb; the place in which a dead body of a human being is interred, or a place destined for that purpose. Among the Jews sepulchers were often excavations in rocks.

SEP'ULCHER

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Verb.
T.
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as obscurely sepulchered.

Definition 2024

sepulcher

sepulcher

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sepulcher ‎(plural sepulchers)

  1. A burial chamber.

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sepulcher ‎(third-person singular simple present sepulchers, present participle sepulchering, simple past and past participle sepulchered)

  1. To bury the dead.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɫkɚ/

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