sepulcher
a tomb, grave, or burial place.
Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical.
a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.
a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ's entombment and Resurrection.
to place in a sepulcher; bury.
Origin of sepulcher
1- Also especially British, sep·ul·chre .
Other words for sepulcher
Other words from sepulcher
- un·sep·ul·cher, verb (used with object)
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How to use sepulcher in a sentence
Its name translates to “Cave of the Stone sepulcher,” but locally it is called by a nickname that means “a place of fear.”
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Arrived in the valley of Josaphat, the body was gently placed in a sepulcher of stone not far from the Garden of Olives.
Mary, Help of Christians | VariousNo Crusader ever fought for the sepulcher with more heroism than many a poverty-stricken laborer to support himself and family.
Consumers and Wage-Earners | J. Elliot RossShe thought of thirty as a sort of sepulcher, an end of all things!
The Salamander | Owen Johnson
Others ran to the sepulcher and found it even as the women had said.
Our Calendar | George Nichols PackerHow Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth!
The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot Smith
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