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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
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
sepulchered
in such pomp dost lieThat kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
Milton.
Definition 2024
sepulchre
sepulchre
English
Alternative forms
- sepulcher (chiefly US)
Noun
sepulchre (plural sepulchres)
- A burial chamber.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 8
- Nor was it the human form alone which we had placed in this eternal sepulchre, whose obseques we now celebrated.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 8
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
burial chamber
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Verb
sepulchre (third-person singular simple present sepulchres, present participle sepulchring, simple past and past participle sepulchred)
- (transitive) To place in a sepulchre.
- Milton
- And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie / That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
- Milton