sepulchre

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sepulchre

/ˈsɛpəlkə/ UK
/ˈsɛpəlkɚ/ US
/ˈsiːpəlkəɹ/ obsolete

Where it comes from

From Middle English sepulchre, sepulcre, sepulker, from late Old English sepulcer, Old French sepulchre, sepulcre, and their etymon Latin sepulchrum, sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”).

noun sepulchres · sepulcher

A burial chamber. Near-synonym: crypt
Similar: tomb, vault, crypt
historical A recess in some early churches in which the reserved sacrament, etc. was kept from Good Friday till Easter.

verb sepulchres · sepulchring · sepulchred · sepulcher

transitive To place in a sepulchre. And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

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noun burial chamber

Español	sepulcro
中文	塚 /冢 zhǒng
Kiswahili	kaburi
Português	sepulcro
Français	sépulcre
Deutsch	Grabkammer, Gruft
Italiano	sepolcro
Ελληνικά	τάφος táfos, μνήμα mníma
Română	sepulcru, mormânt
Русский	склеп sklep, гробни́ца grobníca
العربية	قَبْر qabr

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@misc{sepulchre_2026,
  title = {sepulchre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sepulchre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}