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  2. a stone structure where someone is buried. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Places where bodies are buried or cremated. burial ground. catacomb. cemetery. charnel house. churchyard. columbarium. crematorium. crypt. graveside. graveyard. mausoleum. necropolis. ossuary. pyre. resting place. the pyramids phrase. tomb. vault.

  3. Check pronunciation: sepulchre. Definition of sepulchre noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. A sepulcher (or if you’re British you’ll spell it sepulchre) is basically a stone room with a stone coffin where your body lies. The word comes from the Latin sepulcrum , which means “burial place,” for obvious reasons.

  5. 3 days ago · 1. a burial vault, tomb, or grave. 2. Also called: Easter sepulchre. a separate alcove in some medieval churches in which the Eucharistic elements were kept from Good Friday until the Easter ceremonies. verb. 3. (transitive) to bury in a sepulchre. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.

  6. 1. : a place of burial : tomb. 2. : a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar. sepulchre. 2 of 2. verb. variants or sepulcher. sepulchred or sepulchered; sepulchring or sepulchering ˈse-pəl-k (ə-)riŋ. transitive verb. 1. archaic : to place in or as if in a sepulchre : bury. 2. archaic : to serve as a sepulchre for. Did you know?

  7. sepulcher (sep′əl kər), USA pronunciation n. a tomb, grave, or burial place. Religion Also called Easter sepulcher. [Eccles.] a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.

  8. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Buildings, Death sep‧ul‧chre British English, sepulcher American English / ˈsepəlkə $ -kər/ noun [ countable] old use a small room or building in which the bodies of dead people were put Examples from the Corpus sepulchre • With all her best efforts, she was whitewashing ...

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