SEPULCHRE

I. noun or sepulcher Etymology: Middle English sepulcre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum, from sepelire to bury; akin to Greek hepein to care for, Sanskrit saparyati he honors Date: 13th century a place of burial ; tomb , a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar, II. transitive verb or sepulcher (-chred or -chered; -chring or sepulchering) Date: 1591 to place in or as if in a ~ ; bury , to serve as a ~ for