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or sepulcher
as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person
a poem describing the forgotten sepulcher of a valiant knight of the Middle Ages
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Recent Examples of sepulchre
The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.
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Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.
—Joe Yudin, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
Al Haas, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.
—Joe Yudin, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepulchre
Noun
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Earlier Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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What is especially noticeable is that, despite this being a time of high levels of obstetric death there is only evidence of a handful of mother-infant burials from this period.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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In the cremation burial, researchers also discovered a small vase painted with red bands and spiral patterns.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 May 2025
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“Sepulchre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchre. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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