'Sepulcher' definitions:
Definition of 'sepulcher'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Sepulcher'
From: GCIDE
- Sepulcher \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s['e]pulcre, 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. [1913 Webster]
- The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1. [1913 Webster]
- A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27. [1913 Webster] Sepulcher
Definition of 'Sepulcher'
From: GCIDE
- Sepulcher \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sepulcheredor Sepulchred; p. pr. & vb. n. Sepulcheringor Sepulchring.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. [1913 Webster]
- And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sepulcher'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barrow,
- beehive tomb,
- bone house,
- box grave,
- burial,
- burial chamber,
- burial mound,
- catacombs,
- cenotaph,
- charnel house,
- cist,
- cist grave,
- cromlech,
- crypt,
- deep six,
- dokhma,
- dolmen,
- ensepulcher,
- entomb,
- grave,
- house of death,
- inhume,
- inter,
- last home,
- lay away,
- long home,
- low green tent,
- low house,
- mastaba,
- mausoleum,
- monstrance,
- mummy chamber,
- narrow house,
- ossuarium,
- ossuary,
- passage grave,
- pit,
- plant,
- put away,
- pyramid,
- reliquary,
- resting place,
- sepulture,
- shaft grave,
- shrine,
- stupa,
- tomb,
- tope,
- tower of silence,
- tumulus,
- vault