sepulcher
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sep·ul·cher
(sĕp'əl-kər) 
n.
To place into a sepulcher; inter.
n.
- A burial vault.
- A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
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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sepulcher
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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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sepulcher
IN BRIEF: A burial vault.
No useless sepulcher I crave: nature gives all her sons a grave.
— Horace (65 BC-8 BC), Roman poet.
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- Burial and Funerals - sepulcher: tomb or other place of burial
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