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Definition of "sepulchre" [sepulchre]

  • Chiefly British Variant of sepulcher. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sepulchre" in a sentence
  • "King Arthur, and the chivalrous train who shed their blood to redeem the holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels."
  • "Bethlehem (Ge 35: 19), where her sepulchre is still shown."
  • "Ephraim -- The sepulchre is at the modern village Awertah, which, according to Jewish travellers, contains the graves also of Ithamar, the brother of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar [Van De Velde]."