SEPULCHRE


Meaning of SEPULCHRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsepəlkə ]

n. & v. (US sepulcher) --n. a tomb esp. cut in rock or built of stone or brick, a burial vault or cave. --v.tr. 1 lay in a sepulchre. 2 serve as a sepulchre for. øthe Holy Sepulchre the tomb in which Christ was laid. whited sepulchre a hypocrite (with ref. to Matt. 23:27). [ME f. OF f. L sepulc(h)rum f. sepelire sepult- bury]

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