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Definition of Sepulcher
1. Noun. A chamber that is used as a grave.
Generic synonyms: Chamber, Grave, Tomb
Specialized synonyms: Crypt, Mausoleum, Monument, Repository, Burial Vault, Vault
Specialized synonyms: Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre
Derivative terms: Sepulchral, Sepulchral
Definition of Sepulcher
1. n. The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.
2. v. t. To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
Definition of Sepulcher
1. Noun. A burial chamber. ¹
2. Verb. To bury the dead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sepulcher
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sepulcher
Literary usage of Sepulcher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Oratory: Seven Representative Orations by Ralph Curtis Ringwalt (1898)
"THE sepulcher IN THE GARDEN—A SERMON TO THE SORROWING. [This sermon was delivered
by Mr. Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, July I, ..."
2. Modern American Oratory: Seven Representative Orations by Ralph Curtis Ringwalt (1898)
"THE sepulcher IN THE GARDEN—A SERMON TO THE SORROWING. [This sermon was delivered
by Mr. Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, July i, ..."
3. Modern American Oratory: Seven Representative Orations by Ralph Curtis Ringwalt (1898)
"THE sepulcher IN THE GARDEN—A SERMON TO THE SORROWING. [This sermon was delivered
by Mr. Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, July I, ..."
4. Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905)
"The next night he sends again, and then who should be his messenger to Mansoul
but the terrible Captain sepulcher; so Captain sepulcher came up to the walls ..."
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