sepulchre
pronunciation
How to pronounce sepulchre in British English:
UK [ˈseplkə(r)]
How to pronounce sepulchre in American English:
US [səˈpʌlkrəl, -ˈpʊl-]
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- Noun:
- a chamber that is used as a grave
Word Origin
- sepulchre
- sepulchre: [12] Sepulchre comes ultimately from Latin sepelīre ‘bury, inter’. From its past participle sepultus was derived the noun sepulcrum ‘burying place, tomb’, which passed into English via Old French sepulcre. There is no etymological justification for the ch spelling.
- sepulchre (n.)
- also sepulcher, c. 1200, "tomb, burial place," especially the cave where Jesus was buried outside Jerusalem (Holy Sepulcher or Saint Sepulcher), from Old French sepulcre "tomb; the Holy Sepulchre" (11c.), from Latin sepulcrum "grave, tomb, place where a corpse is buried," from root of sepelire "to bury, embalm," originally "to perform rituals on a corpse," from PIE *sep-el-yo-, suffixed form of root *sep- (2) "to handle (skillfully), to hold (reverently);" cognates: Sanskrit saparyati "honors." No reason for the -ch- spelling, which dates to 13c. Whited sepulchre "hypocrite" is from Matt. xxiii.27.
Example
- 1. Members of the catholic clergy attended the traditional washing of the feet ceremony at the church of the holy sepulchre ahead of easter celebrations in the old city of jerusalem .
- 2. A christian worshiper lights candles inside the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem .
- 3. 1 / 18 Jerusalem , israel : greek orthodox bishops pray during the mass at the church of the holy sepulchre
- 4. Their quiver is an open sepulchre , they are all mighty men .
- 5. Their quiver as an open sepulchre , they all mighty men .