Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sepulcher"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sepulcher \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sepulcher \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sepulchering}or {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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sepulcher
n : a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: {burial chamber}, {sepulchre},
{sepulture}]


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