sepulcher

[ sep-uhl-ker ]

/ ˈsɛp əl kər /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object)

to place in a sepulcher; bury.

Nearby words

Also especially British, sep·ul·chre.

Origin of sepulcher

1150–1200; Middle English sepulcre < Old French < Latin sepulcrum, equivalent to sepul- (variant stem of sepelīre to bury) + -crum noun suffix of place

SYNONYMS FOR sepulcher

1. vault, mausoleum, crypt.

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Related formsun·sep·ul·cher, verb (used with object)

Examples from the Web for sepulcher

Of Maria Clara nothing more is known except that the sepulcher seems to guard her in its bosom.
The Social Cancer|Jos Rizal
The point I am trying to get at is, if you can gaze unmoved at this sepulcher you are a clod.
Europe Revised|Irvin S. Cobb
In front of every place of sepulcher stands a small urn for water, with a brush hanging by, with which to sprinkle the flowers.
Saunterings|Charles Dudley Warner
But adversity and ruin point to the sepulcher, and it is not trodden on; to the chronicle, and it doth not decay.
The Poetry of Architecture|John Ruskin