sepulcher
[ sep-uhl-ker ]
/ ˈsɛp əl kər /
noun
a tomb, grave, or burial place.
Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical.
- a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.
- a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ's entombment and Resurrection.
verb (used with object)
to place in a sepulcher; bury.
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The linguistic roots of sepulcher have to do with honoring and sorrow, which speak to our emotions around death.
Also
especially British,
sep·ul·chre.
Origin of sepulcher
1150–1200; Middle English
sepulcre < Old French < Latin
sepulcrum, equivalent to
sepul- (variant stem of
sepelīre to bury) +
-crum noun suffix of place
OTHER WORDS FROM sepulcher
un·sep·ul·cher, verb (used with object)Words nearby sepulcher
septum pellucidum,
septum penis,
septuple,
septuplet,
septuplicate,
sepulcher,
sepulchral,
sepulchre,
sepulture,
seq.,
seq. luce