sepulcher
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈsɛpəlkər/
- Literature
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sepulcro
- The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
- the Holy Sepulcher
He was in the Holy Sepulchre Church by the tomb of Christ when the time for prayer came round and they said for Muslim prayer and they said, no, please pray here.
- He was in the Holy Sepulchre Church by the tomb of Christ when the time for prayer came round and they said for Muslim prayer and they said, no, please pray here.
Examples
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His sepulcher is said to contain a map of China with the rivers outlined in mercury.
Academic text (2006) -
And entering into the sepulcher, they saw, sitting on the right side, a young man... clothed in a long, white garment.
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And in the garden a new sepulcher, hewn from stone.
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And I tell you, they say that on this mountain is a sepulchre of Adam, our first parent.
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Today, after you depart from me, you should travel to Rachel's sepulcher.
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We request that the sepulcher be sealed, lest his disciples come in the night, steal the body and say that he is risen from death.
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The bones of the heroic dead were placed in a public sepulcher, and Pericles, the annually elected military chief, delivered the closing eulogy.
Academic text (2004) -
More than a decade after his death, Nikolai Lenin's body was removed from its sepulcher in the Kremlin and a belated autopsy was performed.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a result, even thieves and murderers rotted in large, elaborate sepulchers instead of moldering in the soil.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sepulcher is a small chamber where the remains of loved ones can be honored.
Synonyms
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3.0
A large stone building or underground room where people put a dead person
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An underground room for holding the bodies of several people
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6.3
A room under the ground that holds a dead body
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7.9
An underground space for burying a coffin that protects it and holds family coffins
A place like a tomb or grave where people put a dead person
Compounds
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9.9
The tomb where Christians believe Jesus was placed after his crucifixion and before his resurrection
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Etymology
Sepulcher comes from the Latin sepulcrum ('tomb') and the verb sepelire ('to bury'). So a sepulcher is a stone room or small tomb where a dead person is placed, which helps you remember it means a burial place.