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sepulcher definition

sep·ul·cher (sep′əl kər)

noun

  1. a vault for burial; grave; tomb
  2. R.C.Ch. a small, sealed cavity, holding martyrs' relics, in a flat rectangular or square stone forming the top or part of the top of an altar

Etymology: ME < OFr sepulcre < L sepulcrum < sepelire, to bury < IE *sepel-, veneration < base *sep-, to honor > Sans sápati, (he) cultivates, cherishes

transitive verb

to place in a sepulcher; bury

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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