Definition of sepulchre Sepulchre

/sˈɛpʌlkɐ/ - sep•ul•chre

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sepulchre

sepulcher

Noun
sepulchre - a chamber that is used as a grave
		burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture
		tomb, grave a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
		chamber a natural or artificial enclosed space
		crypt a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
		mausoleum a large burial chamber, usually above ground
		monument, repository an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

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sepulchre (n.)
The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.
sepulchre (v. t.)
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.

sepulchre
sep′ul-kėr, n. a place of burial: tomb: a burial vault: a recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, &c., were laid from Good Friday till Easter.—v.t. (Milt.) to place in a sepulchre: to bury or entomb.—adj. Sepul′chral, pertaining to a sepulchre, or to monuments erected for the dead: (fig.) deep, hollow in tone.—n. Sep′ulture, act of burying the dead: interment: burial.—v.t. to entomb. [Fr.,—L. sepulchrum—sepelīre, sepultum, to bury.]