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sepulchres

noun

variants or sepulchers
plural of sepulchre
as in tombs
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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  1. tombs
  2. graves
Noun
  • Back then, the town was a rural, rapidly industrializing fringe of Hangzhou with a largely undeveloped archaeological site that featured Neolithic tombs and settlements buried deep beneath farmland.
    — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Their findings suggest that these tombs were intended not simply to house the dead but to affect the living through an immersive environment.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of tombs
Noun
  • If the team is playing a team that’s in the sod cemetery, flowers in that team’s colors mark the graves.
    — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
  • During the Qingming Festival, observed each year in April, families visit ancestral graves with food offerings and burn incense and paper replicas of everyday goods for their ancestors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of graves
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“Sepulchres.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepulchres. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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