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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
tomb
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The latest Lara Croft actress, Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner, has revealed that reading a script for the new live-action Tomb Raider series is as difficult as, uh, raiding a tomb!—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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Between 2022 and 2024, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a series of ancient tombs in the Jiali Village of Zi’an.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Sepulchre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchre. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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