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Holy Sepulchre

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Holy Sepulchre
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
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Noun1.Holy SepulchreHoly Sepulchre - the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
Holy Sepulcher
capital of Israel, Jerusalem - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom


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``You had better have tarried there to fight for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre,'' said the Templar.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
He tried to make us act plays and to enter into masquerades, in which the characters were drawn from the heroes of Roncesvalles, of the Round Table of King Arthur, and the chivalrous train who shed their blood to redeem the holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
But don't you see that it is exactly what those pagan nobles would have done, to desecrate it with a sort of heathen goddess, as the Roman Emperor built a temple to Venus on the Holy Sepulchre.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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