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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

sepulcher

/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/

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What does sepulcher mean?

noun

  1. Alternative form of sepulchre.

verb

  1. Alternative form of sepulchre.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/

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Oh, touch me not, but let me all alone Find out the sepulcher that destiny Appoints me in this land.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31
Some seem to have been used as places of sepulcher, some for religious rites, and others as foundation site of buildings.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
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Its exact location is not precisely known, but the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is believed to have been constructed on this hill.
Rutherford Hayes PlattThe First Book of Adam and EveProject Gutenberg ebook #398
The pious prince, surpris’d at what he view’d, The fun’ral honours with more zeal renew’d, Doubtful if this place’s genius were, Or guardian of his father’s sepulcher.
VirgilThe AeneidTranslated by John DrydenProject Gutenberg ebook #228
Two days later he entered a lethargic condition simulating death, and was again on his way to the sepulcher, when he once more recovered.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747