sepulcher

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   literary or historical: a tomb, grave, or chamber in which a dead person is buried

   Pilgrims gathered at the ancient sepulcher before dawn.

From Middle English sepulcre, through Old French sepulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, 'burial place or tomb,' from sepelire, 'to bury.' Sepulcher is the usual American spelling; sepulchre preserves the traditional British spelling.

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