sepulcher

[sep-uhl-ker]

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noun

a tomb, grave, or burial place.
Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical.
1. a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.
2. 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.

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

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

Synonyms for sepulcher

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1. vault, mausoleum, crypt.

Related Words for sepulcher

burial, repository, crypt, catacomb, vault, tomb, necropolis, entomb

Examples from the Web for sepulcher

Historical Examples of sepulcher

Then, covered by a mourning robe, they visited the Church of the Sepulcher.
Peter the Hermit
Daniel A. Goodsell
His monument also, and sepulcher, are in the city of Gabatha.
The Antiquities of the Jews
Flavius Josephus
They came to see the sepulcher and were bringing spices in their hands.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 5: Guthrie to Mozley
Various
At the call of the Life-giver, he that had been dead came to the door of the sepulcher.
Best Stories from the Best Book
James Edson White
At this sepulcher they were not only devout, but also merry.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz