Sepulchre
//ˈsɛpəlkə// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A burial chamber.
"Near-synonym: crypt"
- 2 a chamber that is used as a grave wordnet
- 3 A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter. historical
Verb
- 1 To place in a sepulchre. transitive
"And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die."
Example
More examples"The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men."
Etymology
From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).
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