{ Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre } (?),
n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F.
sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum,
fr. sepelire to bury.] 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.
A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is
fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.
27.
{ Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre } (?), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Sepulchered (?) or
Sepulchred (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sepulchering (?) or Sepulchring (&?;).] 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.
{ Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre } (?),
n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F.
sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum,
fr. sepelire to bury.] 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.
A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is
fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii.
27.
{ Sep"ul*cher, Sep"ul*chre } (?), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Sepulchered (?) or
Sepulchred (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sepulchering (?) or Sepulchring (&?;).] 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.