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sepulcher

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  1. 1. n. Alt. of Sepulchre Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. Alt. of Sepulchre Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a chamber that is used as a grave Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. n:100 n a chamber that is used as a grave Source: ecdict

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