Definitions for: Sepulcher


[n] a chamber that is used as a grave



Webster (1913) Definition: Sep"ul*cher, Sepulchre Sep"ul*chre, n. [OE.
sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s['e]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum,
sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]
The place in which the dead body of a human being is
interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a
tomb.

The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak.

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1.

A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly
but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.


Sep"ul*cher, Sepulchre Sep"ul*chre, v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Sepulcheredor Sepulchred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sepulcheringor Sepulchring.]
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.

And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for
such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.

Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture

See Also: burial vault, chamber, crypt, grave, mausoleum, monument, repository, tomb, vault

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