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sepulcher
/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/
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What does sepulcher mean?
noun
- Alternative form of sepulchre.
verb
- 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.
Some seem to have been used as places of sepulcher, some for religious rites, and others as foundation site of buildings.
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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.
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.
Two days later he entered a lethargic condition simulating death, and was again on his way to the sepulcher, when he once more recovered.