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Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
  2. a. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice.
  3. adj. of or relating to a sepulchre
  4. adj. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
  5. adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
  6. 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. 2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. H. Sweet.
  7. j:100 a. of or relating to a sepulchre