SEPULCHER

sepulcher. sepulcher, graue, or tombe

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sepulcher. Sepulcher, n. a grave, a tomb; v.t. to bury

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{ Sep″ul‐cher, Sep″ul‐chre } (?), n. [[OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, 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.