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.
Phrases and idioms:
the Holy Sepulchre the tomb in which Christ was laid. whited sepulchre a hypocrite (with ref. to Matt. 23:27).
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L sepulc(h)rum f. sepelire sepult- bury