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sepulchre
UK /ˈsɛpəlkə/ US /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
decorated, famous, over, pillar, pissed
SEPULCHRE + NOUN
men, peter, st
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
1
A burial chamber.
Near-synonym: crypt
By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, […]
2
A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.
verb
1
To place in a sepulchre.
And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
Not one of the ordinary motives—the vanity or the selfishness which people call by the name of love—actuated her through this long trial; she had everything to fear, and nothing to expect. What creation of the poet ever exceeded this terrible reality of love sepulchred in this living tomb?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a chamber that is used as a grave
- sepulcher
- sepulture
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Near-synonym: crypt
Wiktionary02
By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, […]
Wiktionary03
He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuate brall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implaca
Wiktionary04
And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
Wiktionary05
Not one of the ordinary motives—the vanity or the selfishness which people call by the name of love—actuated her through this long trial; she had everything to fear, and nothing to expect. What creati
Wiktionary06
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.
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