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Holy Sepulchre

noun

  1. New Testament the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion


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The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

In the drama of Goethe, we become quite reconciled to the new position in which the poet of the Holy Sepulchre is placed.

We will only mention the Round church, another memorial of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Greeks first set out, in a procession round the holy sepulchre, and immediately at their heels followed the Armenians.

It is close to the church of the Holy Sepulchre, and still serves its primitive use.

Your club is the great Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where everybody meets everybody every day.

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