sepulchren.

Brit.

/ˈsɛp(ə)lkə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛpəlkər/

Forms: Middle English–1600s sepulcre, Middle English sepulchur, Middle English scepulcur, sepulkyr, Middle English–1500s sepulcur(e, sepulker, 1500s sepulcor, sepulcar, sepulcer, sepullcre, sepullcur, ( sepulchree, sepulchrie, sepulcrye), 1500s–1800s (now U.S.) sepulcher, Middle English– sepulchre.

Etymology: < Old French sepulcre (11th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin sepulcrum (less correctly sepulchrum), < root of Latin sepultus, past participle of sepelīre to bury; compare Spanish sepulcro, Portuguese sepulcro, Italian sepolcro.

a. A tomb or burial-place, a building, vault, or excavation, made for the interment of a human body. Now only rhetorical or Historical.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]

buriels854

througheOE

burianOE

graveOE

lairc1000

lair-stowc1000

lich-restc1000

pitOE

grass-bedOE

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earth housec1200

sepulchrec1200

tombc1300

lakec1320

buriala1325

monumenta1325

burying-place1382

resting placea1387

sepulturea1387

beda1400

earth-beda1400

longhousea1400

laystow1452

lying1480

delfa1500

worms' kitchen?a1500

bier1513

laystall1527

funeral?a1534

lay-bed1541

restall1557

cellarc1560

burying-grave1599

pit-hole1602

urn1607

cell1609

hearse1610

polyandrum1627

requietory1631

burial-place1633

mortuary1654

narrow cell1686

ground-sweat1699

sacred place1728

narrow house1792

plot1852

narrow bed1854

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 101 Oðer is þat bitwenen his þrowenge and his ariste he lai on his sepulcre.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 130 For ȝe beoð wið Iesu crist bi tuned as insepulcre.

c1290 Holy Rood 400 in S. Eng. Leg. 13 And þo he cam to Ierusalem of þe sepulchre he hadde doute þat ore louerd was on i-leid.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5188 Þar es þe mount of calvery, And þe sepulcre of Crist fast þarby.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 498 The sepulcre of hym Daryus Which that Appelles wroghte subtilly.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xliv. 173 As longe as eny bone is in the sepulcure of my husbonde.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 200^v The kyng gerion had brought vp that custome to make these sepulcres, for to haue remembrance of them that were vaylliant in armes.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xi. f. xcv^v Wo be to you that bilde the sepulcres off the prophetes: for youre fathers kiled them.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 43 Many instruments, which neuer haue playing till such time as the dead is put into the sepulcher.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxviii. sig. E3 Before the goulden tresses of the dead, The right of sepulchers, were shorne away, To liue a scond [sic] life on second head.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 321 Such as have gone on Pilgrimage to Mecca, to Mahomet's Sepulchre.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 14 We found there a multitude of Sepulchers hewn into the Rocks.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 64 Under the choir of the church are the sepulchres of the old dukes of Bavaria.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxix. 42 The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano ii. ii. 68 There was strange darkness cast o'er every street, And all was stiller than a sepulchre.

b. whited (†painted) sepulchre: in biblical language, used figuratively for a hypocrite, or one whose fair outward semblance conceals inward corruption.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > a hypocrite

hypocrite?c1225

dissimuler1386

whited (painted) sepulchre1388

dissimulator?a1513

dissembler1526

cafard1539

Tartuffe1688

hypocritic1818

Pecksniff1844

possum1846

slape-face1847

double-face1892

c1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiii. 27 Woo to ȝou scribis and Pharisees, that ben lic to sepulcris maad whijt.]

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiii. 27 Like to sepulcris whitid. [1539 Bible (Great), painted sepulcres; 1582 N. T. (Rheims), whited sepulchres; so 1611.]

c1530 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. (1538) W iv b Christ..calleth them ypocrytes, that is to saye, simulers and paynted sepulcres.

1782 V. Knox Ess. II. xcvii. 61 Those varnished qualities, which, like whited sepulchres, are but a disguise for internal deformity.

1894 H. Caine Manxman 428 He was a sham,—a whited sepulchre.

c. transferred and figurative.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 115 My heart (sweet Boy) shall be thy Sepulcher, For from my heart, thine Image ne're shall go.

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C3^v Such beasts and birds of prey and rapine, are commonly the liuing sepulchres of dead Horses.

1640 ‘Ben Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 38 He is a curse to Pasties; a tormenter of Poultry, a sepulchre to Lobsters.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 59 I will..make his youth The sepulchre of hope, where evil thoughts Shall grow like weeds on a neglected tomb.

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) viii. 155 The whole area of the Pampas is one wide sepulchre of these extinct gigantic quadrupeds.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

a. the Holy (†Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre): The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried outside the walls of Jerusalem; hence, the name for the group of buildings erected over the traditional site of this cave. Also in the title of some churches in other parts of the world erected in memory of this.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical places > [noun]

olivetOE

Calvaryc1000

the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1200

Holy Citya1382

Jerusalem1382

holy grave1481

Holy Sepulture1525

Armageddona1638

Via Crucis1844

Via Dolorosa1878

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > cave > specific

the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1200

society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun]

holinessc897

houseeOE

halidomc1000

ZionOE

God's houseOE

wike-tuna1250

saintuairea1300

sanctuarya1340

holy1382

entry?c1400

the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400

high placea1425

place of worship?1459

synagogue1490

God-box?1548

shrinea1577

bethela1617

prayer house1657

barn1689

bidental1692

altar1772

praying housea1843

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 And was his holie lichame leid in burieles in þe holie sepulcre þat men sechen giet in ierusalem.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 17 Þis Folk fraynede him feire from whenne þat he coome? ‘From Synay’, he seide, ‘and from the Sepulcre’.

1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 9 This was yeve and writen in the lordes In of Cherlton withoute Newgate, in the parosch of seynt sepulcre in the suburbe of london.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) vii. 79 The Chirche of the Sepulchre... The Chirche of Seynt Sepulchre.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. b ij b A knyght is made in .v. dyuerse placis In musturing in londe of werris... And at the sepulcur.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 13 As the holy Sepulcher at Ierusalem, is visited by Christians.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 285 Hewing with our swords the way to the Holy Sepulchre.

1898 A. H. Thompson Cambr. & its Colleges 301 Just opposite St. John's Chapel is the church of the Holy Sepulchre.

1898 A. H. Thompson Cambr. & its Colleges 303 St. Sepulchre's is one of those rare livings which are in the gift of the parishioners.

b. Knight of the (Holy) Sepulchre: a member of a secular confraternity composed of those who were knighted in the crusades, esp. those knighted at the Holy Sepulchre itself.Since 1342 the confraternity has existed only as a religious organization, having the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem as its Grand-master.

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society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > Sepulchrer > [noun]

Sepulchrer1537

Knight of the (Holy) Sepulchre1590

1590 W. Segar Bk. Honor & Armes v. 59 Knights of the Sepulcher.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 235 [They] would make us Knights of the Sepulcher, so we would crave that honour.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) To excite Rich and Noble Persons to visit the Holy Places, by giving them the Title of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher.

1873 H. W. Longfellow Rhyme Sir Christopher in Aftermath i. 110 It was Sir Christopher Gardiner, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.

a. A permanent or temporary structure prepared in a church for the dramatic burial of the reserved Sacrament (sometimes also the Cross) upon Good Friday.

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > sepulchre > [noun]

sepulchre1389

sepulture1485

Easter sepulchre1840

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 48 On kandel of xvj. pound of waxe to brenne about þe sepulcre in þe fornseide Chirche of seynt Nicholas.

1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 63 First payd for the sepulcre for diuers naylis & wyres & glu, ix d ob.

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 67 One sepulcre sold to Johnne orson and he hath made a presse therof to laie clothes therein.

a1627 J. Hayward Ann. Four Years Elizabeth (1840) 28 And not onely images, but rood-loftes, relickes, sepulchres, bookes [etc.]..wer..committed to the fire.

1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk I. 517 These Sepulchres were erected always (as I take it) on the North-Side of the Chancel, near to the Altar.

1791 J. Townsend Journey Spain (1792) III. 239 [At Valencia] In the sacristy, I saw a massive sepulchre of silver gilt, designed for the reception of the host on good Friday.

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 421 At Bampton, Oxfordshire, is a singular example..of a kind of double sepulchre, one over the other.

b. (See quot. 1737.)

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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > [noun] > to which sacrament is removed

sepulture1485

sepulchre1737

altar of repose1849

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxiii. 220 The Place where the blessed Sacrament is reserved in the Church in order for the Office of Good-Friday (on which Day there is no Consecration) is by the People called the Sepulchre, as representing by Anticipation the Burial of Christ.

a1800 Waterperry Chapel Reg. in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 393 On Maundy Thursday Prayers in y^e morning at 10 a clock after which y^e Bd Sacrament is put into y^e Sepulchre & y^e Congregation, & Family wattch 2 by 2 till 10 a clock at night.

1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 187 A chapel of the sepulchre should be prepared.

1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 445/2.

4. Interment, burial. rare.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun]

burying1297

sepulture1297

intermentc1330

gravingc1340

interring1387

terment1389

earthinga1400

sepulchrea1425

burial1453

inter1513

entombing1564

sepultary1581

laying1604

tumulation1623

humation1635

inhumation1636

sepelition1637

entombment1666

tombing1818

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxiii. 4 Ȝyue ȝe to me riȝto of sepulcre [L. jus sepulcri] with ȝou.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 234 His incensement at this moment is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and sepulcher .

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. xi. 331 Modes of sepulchre which have prevailed.

†5. Apparently some article of personal jewellery.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > other jewellery > [noun]

sepulchre1567

1567 N. Throckmorton Let. 30 Apr. (Pepys MS 2502) I. 726 I dyd remember you by M^r Dier for sendyng your sepulchre as youre [ordship] told me by the way. But Syns your messengers haue no better fortune yn saffe carrieng you tokyns I wold aduyse your l[ordship] be not so hastie to send thynges off pryse. And yet I know the messenger ys more grevyd wth the losse then you be and hathe lefte no devycis vndon to recover your dyamond.

1567 N. Throckmorton Let. 10 May (Pepys MS 2502) II. 733 Retayne..your adamant sepulchre vntyll you haue the condycion anexyd better.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

† sepulchre-door n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

c1275 Passion our Lord 513 in Old Eng. Misc. 51 He hwelfde at þare sepulchre-dure enne grete ston.

b. (In sense 3.)

sepulchre-cloth n.

ΚΠ

1566 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 114 Item, a sepulchre clothe of red and blewe braunched with golde.

sepulchre-light n.

ΚΠ

1505 Cat. Anc. Deeds P.R.O. (1906) V. 492 The sepulcur lyghte in the seyd chyrche.

1546 in Throsby Hist. & Antiq. Leicester (1791) 246 Solde to Ryc^d. Raynford the sepulchre light.

sepulchre-nails n.

ΚΠ

1494–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 214 Item, for the sepulker nailes ob.

C2.

† sepulchre-stone n. Obsolete ? cf. sense 5.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun]

hepatitec1305

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chodchod1382

nevyn1393

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myrrhitea1398

astrion1398

emastycec14..

pinkardinec1400

iralc1420

oriel?a1425

serpentine1426

nakettec1450

pentestc1450

sun's gemc1475

sepulchre-stone1489

moonstonea1500

piantea1500

efestide1567

astroite1569

polyp stone1583

bedle1591

balanite1601

eshime1613

lyncury1638

asteria1646

pangony1658

palasin1678

palatine1678

rhombite1688

tree-stone1698

toad's eye1747

peacock stone1753

turquoise1796

odontolite1819

pagoda stone1860

tangiwai1863

fish-eye1882

1489 Will of William Sandon (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 258^v Lego ecclesie unum Agnus dei aureum cum lapide vulgariter dictum Sepulcre stone.

† sepulchre-table n. Obsolete a sepulchral tablet.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tablet

sepulchre-table1610

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 236 [An inscription] in a grave or Sepulcher-table [L. in sepulchrali tabula], betweene two little images.

† sepulchre-tree n. Obsolete ? the beam or frame upon which the Easter sepulchre was placed.

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > sepulchre > [noun] > frame of

sepulchre-tree1449

1449 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 90 For makyng of the sepulkyr tre, xx^d.

Draft additions January 2018

Roman Catholic Church. A square or oblong cavity in an altar intended to contain a relic or relics placed there at the altar's consecration. Cf. altar cavity n. at altar n. Compounds 2, tomb n. 5.More usually referred to as sepulcrum. [After French sépulcre (mid 16th cent. or earlier in this sense) and its etymon post-classical Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum (11th cent.).]

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1731 tr. Relig. Ceremonies & Customs Several Nations I. 340 The portable altar or sacred stone..must be of hard stone or marble, wherein must be a sepulchre [Fr. sepulchre], or small cavity in the middle of the side before, in which are the relics of saints and martyrs put, and sealed up by the bishop.

1880 Notes & Queries 5 June 460/1 Where were the relics put when the slab had no sepulchre in it?

1909 J. Walsh Mass & Vestments of Catholic Church xxi. 310 In the surface of this table is cut a small receptacle called a sepulchre for the relics of the saints enclosed in it.

1996 P. Murray & L. Murray Oxf. Compan. Christian Art & Archit. 9/1 The rule arose of including a relic in an altar-slab, enclosed in what is called a sepulchre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sepulchre
释义	sepulchren. Brit. /ˈsɛp(ə)lkə/, U.S. /ˈsɛpəlkər/ Forms: Middle English–1600s sepulcre, Middle English sepulchur, Middle English scepulcur, sepulkyr, Middle English–1500s sepulcur(e, sepulker, 1500s sepulcor, sepulcar, sepulcer, sepullcre, sepullcur, ( sepulchree, sepulchrie, sepulcrye), 1500s–1800s (now U.S.) sepulcher, Middle English– sepulchre. Etymology: < Old French sepulcre (11th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin sepulcrum (less correctly sepulchrum), < root of Latin sepultus, past participle of sepelīre to bury; compare Spanish sepulcro, Portuguese sepulcro, Italian sepolcro. 1. a. A tomb or burial-place, a building, vault, or excavation, made for the interment of a human body. Now only rhetorical or Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] buriels854 througheOE burianOE graveOE lairc1000 lair-stowc1000 lich-restc1000 pitOE grass-bedOE buriness1175 earth housec1200 sepulchrec1200 tombc1300 lakec1320 buriala1325 monumenta1325 burying-place1382 resting placea1387 sepulturea1387 beda1400 earth-beda1400 longhousea1400 laystow1452 lying1480 delfa1500 worms' kitchen?a1500 bier1513 laystall1527 funeral?a1534 lay-bed1541 restall1557 cellarc1560 burying-grave1599 pit-hole1602 urn1607 cell1609 hearse1610 polyandrum1627 requietory1631 burial-place1633 mortuary1654 narrow cell1686 ground-sweat1699 sacred place1728 narrow house1792 plot1852 narrow bed1854 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 101 Oðer is þat bitwenen his þrowenge and his ariste he lai on his sepulcre. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 130 For ȝe beoð wið Iesu crist bi tuned as insepulcre. c1290 Holy Rood 400 in S. Eng. Leg. 13 And þo he cam to Ierusalem of þe sepulchre he hadde doute þat ore louerd was on i-leid. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5188 Þar es þe mount of calvery, And þe sepulcre of Crist fast þarby. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 498 The sepulcre of hym Daryus Which that Appelles wroghte subtilly. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xliv. 173 As longe as eny bone is in the sepulcure of my husbonde. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 200^v The kyng gerion had brought vp that custome to make these sepulcres, for to haue remembrance of them that were vaylliant in armes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xi. f. xcv^v Wo be to you that bilde the sepulcres off the prophetes: for youre fathers kiled them. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 43 Many instruments, which neuer haue playing till such time as the dead is put into the sepulcher. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxviii. sig. E3 Before the goulden tresses of the dead, The right of sepulchers, were shorne away, To liue a scond [sic] life on second head. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 321 Such as have gone on Pilgrimage to Mecca, to Mahomet's Sepulchre. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 14 We found there a multitude of Sepulchers hewn into the Rocks. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 64 Under the choir of the church are the sepulchres of the old dukes of Bavaria. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxix. 42 The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano ii. ii. 68 There was strange darkness cast o'er every street, And all was stiller than a sepulchre. b. whited (†painted) sepulchre: in biblical language, used figuratively for a hypocrite, or one whose fair outward semblance conceals inward corruption. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > a hypocrite hypocrite?c1225 dissimuler1386 whited (painted) sepulchre1388 dissimulator?a1513 dissembler1526 cafard1539 Tartuffe1688 hypocritic1818 Pecksniff1844 possum1846 slape-face1847 double-face1892 c1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiii. 27 Woo to ȝou scribis and Pharisees, that ben lic to sepulcris maad whijt.] 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiii. 27 Like to sepulcris whitid. [1539 Bible (Great), painted sepulcres; 1582 N. T. (Rheims), whited sepulchres; so 1611.] c1530 W. Tyndale Prol. Epist. Rom. (1538) W iv b Christ..calleth them ypocrytes, that is to saye, simulers and paynted sepulcres. 1782 V. Knox Ess. II. xcvii. 61 Those varnished qualities, which, like whited sepulchres, are but a disguise for internal deformity. 1894 H. Caine Manxman 428 He was a sham,—a whited sepulchre. c. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 115 My heart (sweet Boy) shall be thy Sepulcher, For from my heart, thine Image ne're shall go. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. C3^v Such beasts and birds of prey and rapine, are commonly the liuing sepulchres of dead Horses. 1640 ‘Ben Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 38 He is a curse to Pasties; a tormenter of Poultry, a sepulchre to Lobsters. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 59 I will..make his youth The sepulchre of hope, where evil thoughts Shall grow like weeds on a neglected tomb. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) viii. 155 The whole area of the Pampas is one wide sepulchre of these extinct gigantic quadrupeds. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 122 The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men. 2. a. the Holy (†Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre): The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried outside the walls of Jerusalem; hence, the name for the group of buildings erected over the traditional site of this cave. Also in the title of some churches in other parts of the world erected in memory of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical places > [noun] olivetOE Calvaryc1000 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1200 Holy Citya1382 Jerusalem1382 holy grave1481 Holy Sepulture1525 Armageddona1638 Via Crucis1844 Via Dolorosa1878 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > cave > specific the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1200 society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > [noun] holinessc897 houseeOE halidomc1000 ZionOE God's houseOE wike-tuna1250 saintuairea1300 sanctuarya1340 holy1382 entry?c1400 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1400 high placea1425 place of worship?1459 synagogue1490 God-box?1548 shrinea1577 bethela1617 prayer house1657 barn1689 bidental1692 altar1772 praying housea1843 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 And was his holie lichame leid in burieles in þe holie sepulcre þat men sechen giet in ierusalem. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 17 Þis Folk fraynede him feire from whenne þat he coome? ‘From Synay’, he seide, ‘and from the Sepulcre’. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 9 This was yeve and writen in the lordes In of Cherlton withoute Newgate, in the parosch of seynt sepulcre in the suburbe of london. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) vii. 79 The Chirche of the Sepulchre... The Chirche of Seynt Sepulchre. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. b ij b A knyght is made in .v. dyuerse placis In musturing in londe of werris... And at the sepulcur. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 13 As the holy Sepulcher at Ierusalem, is visited by Christians. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xi, in Tales Crusaders III. 285 Hewing with our swords the way to the Holy Sepulchre. 1898 A. H. Thompson Cambr. & its Colleges 301 Just opposite St. John's Chapel is the church of the Holy Sepulchre. 1898 A. H. Thompson Cambr. & its Colleges 303 St. Sepulchre's is one of those rare livings which are in the gift of the parishioners. b. Knight of the (Holy) Sepulchre: a member of a secular confraternity composed of those who were knighted in the crusades, esp. those knighted at the Holy Sepulchre itself.Since 1342 the confraternity has existed only as a religious organization, having the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem as its Grand-master. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay associations > Sepulchrer > [noun] Sepulchrer1537 Knight of the (Holy) Sepulchre1590 1590 W. Segar Bk. Honor & Armes v. 59 Knights of the Sepulcher. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 235 [They] would make us Knights of the Sepulcher, so we would crave that honour. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) To excite Rich and Noble Persons to visit the Holy Places, by giving them the Title of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Rhyme Sir Christopher in Aftermath i. 110 It was Sir Christopher Gardiner, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. 3. a. A permanent or temporary structure prepared in a church for the dramatic burial of the reserved Sacrament (sometimes also the Cross) upon Good Friday. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > sepulchre > [noun] sepulchre1389 sepulture1485 Easter sepulchre1840 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 48 On kandel of xvj. pound of waxe to brenne about þe sepulcre in þe fornseide Chirche of seynt Nicholas. 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 63 First payd for the sepulcre for diuers naylis & wyres & glu, ix d ob. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 67 One sepulcre sold to Johnne orson and he hath made a presse therof to laie clothes therein. a1627 J. Hayward Ann. Four Years Elizabeth (1840) 28 And not onely images, but rood-loftes, relickes, sepulchres, bookes [etc.]..wer..committed to the fire. 1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk I. 517 These Sepulchres were erected always (as I take it) on the North-Side of the Chancel, near to the Altar. 1791 J. Townsend Journey Spain (1792) III. 239 [At Valencia] In the sacristy, I saw a massive sepulchre of silver gilt, designed for the reception of the host on good Friday. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 421 At Bampton, Oxfordshire, is a singular example..of a kind of double sepulchre, one over the other. b. (See quot. 1737.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > [noun] > to which sacrament is removed sepulture1485 sepulchre1737 altar of repose1849 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xxiii. 220 The Place where the blessed Sacrament is reserved in the Church in order for the Office of Good-Friday (on which Day there is no Consecration) is by the People called the Sepulchre, as representing by Anticipation the Burial of Christ. a1800 Waterperry Chapel Reg. in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1909) 7 393 On Maundy Thursday Prayers in y^e morning at 10 a clock after which y^e Bd Sacrament is put into y^e Sepulchre & y^e Congregation, & Family wattch 2 by 2 till 10 a clock at night. 1853 J. D. H. Dale tr. G. Baldeschi Ceremonial Rom. Rite 187 A chapel of the sepulchre should be prepared. 1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 445/2. 4. Interment, burial. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] burying1297 sepulture1297 intermentc1330 gravingc1340 interring1387 terment1389 earthinga1400 sepulchrea1425 burial1453 inter1513 entombing1564 sepultary1581 laying1604 tumulation1623 humation1635 inhumation1636 sepelition1637 entombment1666 tombing1818 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxiii. 4 Ȝyue ȝe to me riȝto of sepulcre [L. jus sepulcri] with ȝou. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 234 His incensement at this moment is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and sepulcher . View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. xi. 331 Modes of sepulchre which have prevailed. †5. Apparently some article of personal jewellery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > other jewellery > [noun] sepulchre1567 1567 N. Throckmorton Let. 30 Apr. (Pepys MS 2502) I. 726 I dyd remember you by M^r Dier for sendyng your sepulchre as youre [ordship] told me by the way. But Syns your messengers haue no better fortune yn saffe carrieng you tokyns I wold aduyse your l[ordship] be not so hastie to send thynges off pryse. And yet I know the messenger ys more grevyd wth the losse then you be and hathe lefte no devycis vndon to recover your dyamond. 1567 N. Throckmorton Let. 10 May (Pepys MS 2502) II. 733 Retayne..your adamant sepulchre vntyll you haue the condycion anexyd better. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. † sepulchre-door n. Obsolete ΚΠ c1275 Passion our Lord 513 in Old Eng. Misc. 51 He hwelfde at þare sepulchre-dure enne grete ston. b. (In sense 3.) sepulchre-cloth n. ΚΠ 1566 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 114 Item, a sepulchre clothe of red and blewe braunched with golde. sepulchre-light n. ΚΠ 1505 Cat. Anc. Deeds P.R.O. (1906) V. 492 The sepulcur lyghte in the seyd chyrche. 1546 in Throsby Hist. & Antiq. Leicester (1791) 246 Solde to Ryc^d. Raynford the sepulchre light. sepulchre-nails n. ΚΠ 1494–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 214 Item, for the sepulker nailes ob. C2. † sepulchre-stone n. Obsolete ? cf. sense 5. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun] hepatitec1305 ligurec1305 bdellium1382 chodchod1382 nevyn1393 asteritea1398 medusa1398 myrrhitea1398 astrion1398 emastycec14.. pinkardinec1400 iralc1420 oriel?a1425 serpentine1426 nakettec1450 pentestc1450 sun's gemc1475 sepulchre-stone1489 moonstonea1500 piantea1500 efestide1567 astroite1569 polyp stone1583 bedle1591 balanite1601 eshime1613 lyncury1638 asteria1646 pangony1658 palasin1678 palatine1678 rhombite1688 tree-stone1698 toad's eye1747 peacock stone1753 turquoise1796 odontolite1819 pagoda stone1860 tangiwai1863 fish-eye1882 1489 Will of William Sandon (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/8) f. 258^v Lego ecclesie unum Agnus dei aureum cum lapide vulgariter dictum Sepulcre stone. † sepulchre-table n. Obsolete a sepulchral tablet. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tablet sepulchre-table1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 236 [An inscription] in a grave or Sepulcher-table [L. in sepulchrali tabula], betweene two little images. † sepulchre-tree n. Obsolete ? the beam or frame upon which the Easter sepulchre was placed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > sepulchre > [noun] > frame of sepulchre-tree1449 1449 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 90 For makyng of the sepulkyr tre, xx^d. Draft additions January 2018 Roman Catholic Church. A square or oblong cavity in an altar intended to contain a relic or relics placed there at the altar's consecration. Cf. altar cavity n. at altar n. Compounds 2, tomb n. 5.More usually referred to as sepulcrum. [After French sépulcre (mid 16th cent. or earlier in this sense) and its etymon post-classical Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum (11th cent.).] ΚΠ 1731 tr. Relig. Ceremonies & Customs Several Nations I. 340 The portable altar or sacred stone..must be of hard stone or marble, wherein must be a sepulchre [Fr. sepulchre], or small cavity in the middle of the side before, in which are the relics of saints and martyrs put, and sealed up by the bishop. 1880 Notes & Queries 5 June 460/1 Where were the relics put when the slab had no sepulchre in it? 1909 J. Walsh Mass & Vestments of Catholic Church xxi. 310 In the surface of this table is cut a small receptacle called a sepulchre for the relics of the saints enclosed in it. 1996 P. Murray & L. Murray Oxf. Compan. Christian Art & Archit. 9/1 The rule arose of including a relic in an altar-slab, enclosed in what is called a sepulchre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sepulchrev. /ˈsɛpəlkə/ Etymology: < sepulchre n. Formerly also stressed seˈpulchre. 1. a. transitive. To place in a sepulchre; to bury. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] bedelveOE begraveOE burya1000 beburyc1000 bifel-ec1000 layc1000 to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE tombc1275 gravec1300 inter1303 rekec1330 to lap in leadc1340 to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340 lie1387 to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400 to lay lowa1425 earthc1450 sepulture1490 to put awaya1500 tyrea1500 mould1530 to graith in the grave1535 ingrave1535 intumulate1535 sepult1544 intumil?c1550 yird1562 shrinea1566 infera1575 entomb1576 sepelite1577 shroud1577 funeral1578 to load with earth1578 delve1587 to lay up1591 sepulchrize1595 pit-hole1607 infuneral1610 mool1610 inhumate1612 inurna1616 inhume1616 pit1621 tumulate1623 sepulchrea1626 turf1628 underlay1639 urna1657 to lay to sleep, asleep1701 envaulta1745 plant1785 ensepulchre1820 sheugh1839 to put under1879 to lay away1885 a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G 3 A place..Where Merlins Mother shall be sepulcher'd. 1649 J. Taylor Wandering 5 It is very probable that King Arthur (our English Worthy) was there sepulchred. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 103 My bones sepulchre not from thine apart. 1896 Dublin Rev. July 123 Had everyone been allowed..to sepulchre their dead in the churches, there would very soon have been no space left. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. ii. 114 Goe to thy Ladies graue and call hers [sc. her love] thence, Or at the least, in hers, sepulcher thine. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxiiii, in Wks. I. 785 Where merit is not sepulcher'd aliue. 1797 R. Southey Lett. from Spain xvi. 275 He may as well be buried in the Monastery as sepulchre himself in his chamber. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 218 We are sepulchred alive in this close world. 2. To receive as in a sepulchre, to serve as a burial-place for. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] > said of the earth or tomb tomba1586 wrap1602 sepulchre1608 inhume1621 intera1631 hearse1796 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 294 If thou shouldst not be glad, I would diuorse me from thy mothers tombe Sepulchring an adultresse. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman ii. iii. 27 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) That which was mortal of My dear Martino..I know this mother Earth hath sepulchred. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. i. 3 When Ocean shrouds and sepulchres our dead. 1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 128 Stillness and subterranean shade Her Saints doth sepulchre. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 187 O to that tomb be tender then, which bears Only the name of him it sepulchres! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1200v.1608
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sepulchrev.