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    SEPULCHER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A chamber that is used as a graveplay

    Synonyms:

    burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("sepulcher" is a kind of...):

    chamber (a natural or artificial enclosed space)

    grave; tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sepulcher"):

    crypt (a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church))

    mausoleum (a large burial chamber, usually above ground)

    monument; repository (a burial vault (usually for some famous person))

    burial vault; vault (a burial chamber (usually underground))

    Instance hyponyms:

    Holy Sepulcher; Holy Sepulchre (the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection)

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