whited sepulcher

American  

[hwahy-tid sep-uhl-ker, wahy‐] / ˈʰwaɪ tɪd ˌsɛp əl kər, ˈwaɪ‐ /

especially British, whited sepulchre

noun

1. an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matthew 23:27.

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Etymology

Origin of whited sepulcher

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

“He is a hypocrite and a whited sepulcher!”

From Literature

The information came first to Edward Lamb, through the inquiries of a commercial rating company, that their Boston capitalist was a whited sepulcher, so far as capital went.

From Project Gutenberg

If the beauty of the fever coast is that of a whited sepulcher, it is a sufficiently alluring region, and Dom Pedro's factory stood high and healthily upon the summit of a bluff.

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It’s such a whited sepulcher, and its inhabitants are such blackguards with great big hearts.

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How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth!

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