01 n. The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.
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The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.“The stony entrance of this sepulcher.” — Shak.“The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher.” — John xx. 1.
Phrases & compounds
A whited sepulcher —
Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See Matt. xxiii. 27. — Matt. xxiii. 27.