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Definition of Sepulchres
1. sepulchre [v] - See also: sepulchre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sepulchres
Literary usage of Sepulchres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Jesus: According to His Original Biographers by James Roberts Gilmore (1867)
"Alas for you, for you build the sepulchres of the prophets, ... Build their
sepulchres. — The Jews greatly reverenced the tombs of dead men. ..."
2. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The sepulchres of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah, are shown
on the floor of the mosque, covered in the ..."
3. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"Imagery derived from sepulchres. See a description of these sepulchres, ...
The sepulchres of the Egyptian monarchs are described by Strabo, Lib. .xvii. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Jerusalem: Nehemiah's Wall and the Royal sepulchres. By GEORGE ST. CLAIR, FG8.
The Akra of the Maccabees being identified, it is seen how, by the recorded ..."
5. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"Fired with the thought, he determined to make a foray into this province, and to
sack the sepulchres ! Neither did he feel any compunctions at the idea yor. ..."
6. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"of the pre-historic race are to be seen, and the general plan of the sepulchres
is placed beyond the reach of question. This method of interment, ..."
7. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"In approaching them along the valley, the rocks on each side are full of ordinary
sepulchres; and it is not until one has crossed the water-shed, ..."
8. The Life of Jesus: According to His Original Biographers by James Roberts Gilmore (1867)
"Alas for you, for you build the sepulchres of the prophets, ... Build their
sepulchres. — The Jews greatly reverenced the tombs of dead men. ..."
9. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The sepulchres of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Leah, are shown
on the floor of the mosque, covered in the ..."
10. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"Imagery derived from sepulchres. See a description of these sepulchres, ...
The sepulchres of the Egyptian monarchs are described by Strabo, Lib. .xvii. ..."
11. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Jerusalem: Nehemiah's Wall and the Royal sepulchres. By GEORGE ST. CLAIR, FG8.
The Akra of the Maccabees being identified, it is seen how, by the recorded ..."
12. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"Fired with the thought, he determined to make a foray into this province, and to
sack the sepulchres ! Neither did he feel any compunctions at the idea yor. ..."
13. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"of the pre-historic race are to be seen, and the general plan of the sepulchres
is placed beyond the reach of question. This method of interment, ..."
14. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"In approaching them along the valley, the rocks on each side are full of ordinary
sepulchres; and it is not until one has crossed the water-shed, ..."
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