sepulchre
noun/ˈsɛpəlkə/UK/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/US/ˈsiːpəlkəɹ/
Etymology
From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).
- derived from sepulchrum
- derived from sepulchre
- inherited from sepulcer
- inherited from sepulchre
Definitions
A burial chamber.
- Near-synonym: crypt
- By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, […]
A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good…
A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.
To place in a sepulchre.
- And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
The neighborhood
- neighborsepulchral
- neighborsepulture
- neighborcatacomb
- neighborcemetery
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA