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sep·ul·chre  (spl-kr)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of sepulcher.

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sepulchre US, sepulcher [ˈsɛpəlkə]

n

1. a burial vault, tomb, or grave

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called Easter sepulchre a separate alcove in some medieval churches in which the Eucharistic elements were kept from Good Friday until the Easter ceremonies

vb

(tr) to bury in a sepulchre

[from Old French sépulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelīre to bury]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sepulchre - a chamber that is used as a grave     burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space crypt - a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) tomb, grave - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave" mausoleum - a large burial chamber, usually above ground monument, repository - a burial vault (usually for some famous person) burial vault, vault - a burial chamber (usually underground)

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sepulchre

noun tomb, grave, vault, mausoleum, sarcophagus, burial place Death holds him in his sepulchre.

Translations

sepulchre sepulcher (US) [ˈsepəlkəʳ] N (poet) → sepulcro m
whited sepulchre → sepulcro m blanqueado

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sepulchre, (US) sepulcher

n → Grabstätte f; the Holy Sepulchre → das Heilige Grab

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sepulchre sepulcher (Am) [ˈsɛp/əlkəʳ] n (liter) → sepolcro

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sepulchre sepulcher (Am) [ˈsɛp/əlkəʳ] n (liter) → sepolcro

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sepulchre

n sepulchre [ˈsepəlkə]

a tomb. graf قَبْر، ضَريح гроб hrobka gravkammer das Grab τάφος sepulcro hauakamber مزار hauta sépulcre קֶבֶר कब्र grob, grobnica sír(emlék) kuburan grafhÿsi sepolcro 墓 무덤, 분묘 kapas kaps; kapenes makam graftombe grav grób sepulcro mormânt гробница, могила hrobka grob grobnica grift, grav สุสานฝังศพ mezar, kabir 墳墓 могила, гробниця قبر mộ cổ, mộ(bằng đá) 坟墓

adj seˈpulchral [-ˈpal-]

1 of tombs or burials. grafverwant مُتَعَلِّق بالقَبْر او الدَّفْن погребален náhrobní grav-; begravelses- die Grabstätte νεκρικός sepulcral haua- آرامگاهي hautaus- sépulcral שֶׁל קֶבֶר समाधि grobni, pogrebni síri, sír- mengenai kuburan grafar-, grafhÿsis- sepolcrale 墓の 무덤의 kapų kapa-; kapu-; bēru- penguburan graf{#169} grav- grobowy sepulcral sepulcral могильный; погребальный náhrobný nagroben pogrebni grav-, begravnings- เป็นสุสาน mezara ait 墳墓的，埋葬的 похоронний; могильний قبر یا تدفین سے متعلق thuộc lăng mộ 坟墓的，埋葬的

2 gloomy or dismal a deep, sepulchral voice. droefgeestig كَئيب، مُخيف، عَميق гробовен hrobový dyster die Grabesstimme πένθιμος, μελαγχολικός sepulcral hauatagune شوم kolkko sépulcral קוֹדֵר दुख भरी grobni, mrtvački síri seram drungalegur sepolcrale 陰気な 음침한 kaip iš po žemių aizkapa-; drūms suram somber grav-, dyster grobowy sepulcral sepulcral глухой; замогильный hrobový mračen turoban gravlik น้ำเสียงโศกสลด kasvetli, matemli 陰森的 замогильний افسردہ، غمناک có vẻ tang tóc 阴沉的