- 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 brute, Pel�e, lay asleep in the sun before the gate of the whited sepulchre.
From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar
Never mind the fact of my being a whited sepulchre.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various
In reality, she may be only a whited sepulchre, but at any rate, the whitewash is laid on very thick, and the plaster looks uncommonly like stone.
From Rome in 1860 by Dicey, Edward
I did not know then—what I learned later—that he was a very whited sepulchre; a man who was growing rich by a systematic process of robbing his farmer customers on time sales.
From Branded by Lynde, Francis
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