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Sep"ulchre} (), n.[OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. spulcre, 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"ulcher Sep"ulchre} (), 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. スポンサード リンク
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