Definition of sepulchre
1 : a place of burial : tomb
2 : a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar
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Examples of sepulchre in a Sentence
a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages
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Sepulchre (also spelled sepulcher) first appeared in Middle English around the beginning of the 13th century. It was originally spelled sepulcre, a spelling taken from Anglo-French. Like many words borrowed into English from French, sepulchre has roots buried in Latin. The word arose from Latin sepulcrum, a noun derived from the verb sepelire, meaning "to bury." Sepultus, the past participle of sepelire, gave us—also by way of Anglo-French—the related noun sepulture, which is a synonym of burial and sepulchre.
Origin and Etymology of sepulchre
Middle English sepulcre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum, from sepelire to bury; akin to Greek hepein to care for, Sanskrit saparyati he honors
First Known Use: 13th century
sepulchre
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Definition of sepulchre
sepulchred
orsepulchered
;sepulchring
orsepulchering
\-k(ə-)riŋ\transitive verb
1 archaic : to place in or as if in a sepulchre : bury
2 archaic : to serve as a sepulchre for
1591
First Known Use of sepulchre
1591
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