sepulchre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a chamber that is used as a grave
    sepulcher; sepulture; burial chamber.

WordNet

Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre noun (Also<
  • Sepulcher
  • Sepulchre
)
Etymology
OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.
Definitions
  1. The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.
    The stony entrance of this sepulcher. Shak.
    The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. John xx. 1.
Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre transitive verb (Also<
  • Sepulcher
  • Sepulchre
)
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sepulchered or Sepulchred ; present participle & verbal noun Sepulchering or Sepulchring
Definitions
  1. To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
    And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.

Webster 1913