sepulchre
[ sep-uh l-ker ]
/ ˈsɛp əl kər /
noun, verb (used with object), sep·ul·chred, sep·ul·chring. Chiefly British.
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sepulcher
[ sep-uhl-ker ]
/ ˈsɛp əl kər /
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.
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
OTHER WORDS FROM sepulcher
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British Dictionary definitions for sepulchre
sepulchre
US sepulcher
/ (ˈsɛpəlkə) /
noun
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
verb
(tr) to bury in a sepulchre
Word Origin for sepulchre
C12: from Old French sépulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelīre to bury
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