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SEPULCHRE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chamber that is used as a grave

Synonyms:

burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sepulchre" 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 "sepulchre"):

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)

Derivation:

sepulchral (suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial)

sepulchral (of or relating to a sepulchre)

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