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[syn: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sepulcher \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Sepulcheredor Sepulchred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sepulcheringor Sepulchring.]
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
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And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sepulcher \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.
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The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak.
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The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1.
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A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly
but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.
[1913 Webster] Sepulcher
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sepulcher
n 1: a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber,
sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture]