\Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, n. [OE.
sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s['e]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum,
sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.]
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.
{A whited sepulcher}. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly
   but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.

\Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.]
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
      And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for
      such a tomb would wish to die.           --Milton.