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sepulcher

UK/ˈsɛpəlkə//ˈsɛpəlkɚ/

sepulcher is the alternative form of sepulchre.

Meaning of sepulchre

Noun

sepulchre (plural sepulchres)

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

See all 3 meanings of sepulchre

Forms of sepulcher

Noun
pluralsepulchers
Verb
third-person singular presentsepulchers
present participlesepulchering
past participlesepulchered
pastsepulchered

Words formed from sepulcher

Phrases with sepulcher

Questions about sepulcher

What is sepulcher the alternative form of?
Sepulcher is the alternative form of sepulchre.
How do you pronounce sepulcher?
Sepulcher is pronounced /ˈsɛpəlkə/ (UK).

Words near sepulcher in the dictionary

  1. septupling
  2. septuply
  3. septæmia
  4. sepuh
  5. sepuhs
  6. sepulcher
  7. sepulcheral
  8. sepulchered
  9. sepulchering
  10. sepulchers
  11. sepulchral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sepulcher (page history and authors); sepulchre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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