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• a variation of sepulcher.

sepulchre

American  

[sep-uhl-ker] / ˈsɛp əl kər /

noun

Chiefly British.

sepulchred, sepulchring

1. sepulcher.

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sepulchre British  

/ ˈsɛpəlkə /

noun

1. a burial vault, tomb, or grave

2. 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

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verb

1. (tr) to bury in a sepulchre

Etymology

Origin of sepulchre

C12: from Old French sépulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelīre to bury

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Explanation

There are many possible resting places for your body once you die, and a sepulcher is the best option if you want a fancy room made entirely from stone. Think it over, because you can only choose once. Crypts, mausoleums, sarcophagi, sepulchers: each one is a place to bury someone, with slight variations. A sepulcher (or if you’re British you’ll spell it sepulchre) is basically a stone room with a stone coffin where your body lies. The word comes from the Latin sepulcrum, which means “burial place,” for obvious reasons. Pronouncing sepulcher could trick you, because the ch actually sounds like a k: "SEP-ul-ker."

Example Sentences

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sepulchre sepulchred

In some accounts he is buried with his wife and two children next to the tomb of Jesus — the ultimate martyr’s sepulchre.

From Time ● Mar. 30, 2016

It depicts a stern risen Christ on the edge of a sepulchre; the city's name means "holy sepulchre" in Italian.

From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2014

Maurice, meanwhile, is terrified of mouldering in respectable suburbia, dragging some poor virgin into the sepulchre with him.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013

By Ottillie Gobel Reed, onetime wife of the famed "Sausage King"; from Sigwart John Reed, architect; at Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Gobel met Dr. Reed while selecting a suitable sepulchre for her first husband.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the crackling warmth of the fire and the smell of purifying incense the room seemed less of a sepulchre.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The hare in her form, too, was being warmly sepulchred with the rest.

From A Year in the Fields by John Burroughs

But softly tread upon the sacred ground, Where Britain's bards lie sepulchred round.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 by Various

It is the woman sepulchred in a small village who finds herself most severely handicapped.

From Journalism for Women A Practical Guide by Arnold Bennett

Keep still possession of thy gloomy place,   That all the faults which in thy reign are made,   May likewise be sepulchred in thy shade!

From The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare

Upon my wedding ring stands the cinerary urn that soon sepulchred my peace, my hopes.

From Infelice by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

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