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Sepulcher
Pronunciation : Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s?pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]
Definition : Defn: 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. The stony entrance of this sepulcher. Shak. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. John xx. 1. A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.27.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.
t. [imp. & p. p. Sepulchered or Sepulchred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sepulchering or Sepulchring (.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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