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sepulchre

/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/

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What does sepulchre mean?

noun

  1. A burial chamber.

verb

  1. To place in a sepulchre.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (historical) A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/

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In his passion for Sue he could not stand as an ordinary sinner, and not as a whited sepulchre.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
In that tabernacle be no windows, but it is all made light with lamps that hang before the sepulchre.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
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And when he came, slowly emerging out of some sepulchre or other, like a peaceful Ghoule, saying ‘Here I am!’
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
This engulfment is the sepulchre which assumes a tide, and which mounts from the depths of the earth towards a living man.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Many, too, had already sunk under the effect of the heat and the stifling atmosphere, when at last the fire flashed from the sepulchre.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282