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whited sepulchre

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whited sepulchre [ˈwaɪtɪd]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a hypocrite
[from Matthew 23:27]
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Noun1.whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
whited sepulcher
dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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whited sepulchre
n (liter) → Pharisäer m


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One instant he was astride a broncho and flying through the fairy-colored Painted Desert country; the next instant he was gazing down through shimmering heat into the whited sepulchre of Death Valley, or pulling an oar on a freezing ocean where great ice islands towered and glistened in the sun.
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