Definition of "sepulchres" [sepulchres]

• Plural form of sepulchre. (noun)

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• "stones of ... pit -- whose bodies are buried in sepulchres excavated amidst stones, whereas the king of Babylon is an unburied "carcass trodden under foot.""
• "Egyptians and Persians, and is practiced at the present day, among many nations; also the custom of placing food in their sepulchres, which is rebuked by St. Augustine."
• "One of the sepulchres was a well-jointed vault of stone with no wall-paintings."