sepulchre
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How to use sepulchre in a sentence
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
The dew-gems lay freshly upon the grass;—for her the dewiness of life was gone;—earth was one vast sepulchre.
Alone | Marion HarlandAt a little distance further, after crossing a small river near Latmus, there is seen in a cave the sepulchre of Endymion.
Here is the sepulchre of Mausolus, one of the seven wonders of the world;160 Artemisia erected it, in honour of her husband.
In this island is shown the sepulchre of Erythras, a large mound, planted with wild palms.
The very day after a king ascended the throne he used to begin hewing out the sepulchre where he should lie.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for sepulchre
US sepulcher
/ (ˈsɛpəlkə) /
a burial vault, tomb, or grave
Also called: Easter sepulchre a separate alcove in some medieval churches in which the Eucharistic elements were kept from Good Friday until the Easter ceremonies
(tr) to bury in a sepulchre
Origin of sepulchre
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