sepulchre or (US) sepulcher /sepˈəl-kər/

1. A tomb
2. A recess in a church, usu in the north chancel wall, or a structure placed in it, to receive the reserved sacrament and the crucifix from Maundy Thursday or Good Friday until Easter (Easter sepulchre)
3. Burial

1. (formerly sometimes /si-pulˈkər/) to entomb
2. To enclose as a tomb

sepulchral /si-pulˈkrəl/ adjective

1. Of, or of the nature of, a sepulchre
2. As if of or from a sepulchre
3. Funereal, gloomy, dismal
4. Hollow-toned

sepulˈchrally adverb

sepulˈchrous adjective (rare)

sepulˈtural adjective

sepˈulture noun

1. The act of burial in a sepulchre
2. A tomb or burial-place

To entomb

whited sepulchre see under white

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