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| sep·ul·cher [ sépp'lkər ] |
noun (plural sep·ul·chers) |
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1. burial place: a vault in which a corpse is buried
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2. U.S. container for relics: a container for sacred relics, especially one in an altar
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transitive verb (past and past participle sep·ul·chered, present participle sep·ul·cher·ing, 3rd person present singular sep·ul·chers) |
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put corpse in burial vault: to put a corpse into a sepulcher
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| [12th century. Via French< Latin sepulc(h)rum< sepult-, past participle of sepelire "bury"] |
