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

Example Sentences

Augustine Duganne, a New York legislator, soldier and poet, asked in an 1863 poem: “For what hath all this Southland been / But one white sepulchre of sin / So fair without — so foul within?”

From Los Angeles Times

En route, we passed a cemetery with a series of gravestones and sepulchres painted ornately with American flags, an indication that the deceased had died as immigrants in the U.S.

From The New Yorker

Singing and bearing candles, the nuns leave the choir and follow the priest to the sepulchre.

From Literature

Nature has got the upper hand on once-imposing 19th Century sepulchres.

From BBC

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