SEPULCHER

Etymology

Noun

sepulcher (plural sepulchers)

A burial chamber.

Synonyms

• tomb

Verb

sepulcher (third-person singular simple present sepulchers, present participle sepulchering, simple past and past participle sepulchered)

To bury the dead.

Synonyms

• inter

Anagrams

• sepulchre

Source: Wiktionary


Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre, n. Etym: [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]

Definition: 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, Sep"ul*chre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sepulchered or Sepulchred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sepulchering or Sepulchring (.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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