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sepulcher |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: sepulcher n : a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: {burial chamber}, {sepulchre}, {sepulture}]
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