- a variation of whited sepulcher.
whited sepulchre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of whited sepulchre
from Matthew 23:27
Example Sentences
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Mary Todd Lincoln understandably called the place "that whited sepulchre."
From Time Magazine Archive
The new town of Corbo with its palatial hotels and wide boulevards was a whited sepulchre, behind which the sores of the true San Pietro festered in hiding.
From The Princess Galva A Romance by Whitelaw, David
Before the main street door the driver pulled up his horse, and Challoner hurriedly walked—as one whose nose was straight and who followed his nose—into the whited sepulchre called Cradlebaugh's.
From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton
As a whited sepulchre it was a conspicuous success, being irreproachably scholarly, dignified, and didactic in tone, and wholly destitute of principle.
From The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
It is a whited sepulchre, full within of dead men's bones.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
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