sepulcher

1. A burial vault.
2. A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.

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

noun

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

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.

Common misspelling(s) of sepulcher

• sepulcre
• sepulchure