[sep.ul.chre] or sep.ul.cher n [ME sepulcre, fr. OF, fr. L sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury; akin to Gk hepein to care for, Skt saparyati he honors] (13c) 1: a place of burial: tomb
2: a receptacle for religious relics esp. in an altar
[2]sepulchre or sepulcher vt -chred or -chered ; -chring or -chering (1591) 1 archaic: to place in or as if in a sepulchre: bury
2. archaic: to serve as a sepulchre for