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sepulcher

 
Dictionary: sep·ul·cher   (sĕp'əl-kər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A burial vault.
  2. A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
tr.v., -chered, -cher·ing, -chers.
To place into a sepulcher; inter.

[Middle English sepulcre, from Old French, from Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum, from sepultus, past participle of sepelīre, to bury the dead.]


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noun

    A burial place or receptacle for human remains: catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, grave1, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulture, tomb, vault1. See keep/release, place.

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1. A tomb.
2. A receptacle for relics, esp. in a Christian altar.
3. A shallow arched niche in the chancel to hold the elements of the Eucharist between their consecration on Maundy Thursday and the Easter High Mass.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A burial vault.

pronunciation No useless sepulcher I crave: nature gives all her sons a grave.      — Horace (65 BC-8 BC), Roman poet.

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Common misspelling(s) of sepulcher

  • sepulcre
  • sepulchure

 
 
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