Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sepulchre
Sepulchre
sepulchre
n. & v. (US sepulcher) --n. a tomb esp. cut in rock or built of stone or brick, a burial vault or cave. --v.tr. 1 lay in a sepulchre. 2 serve as a sepulchre for. Phrases and idioms the Holy Sepulchre the tomb in which Christ was laid. whited sepulchre a hypocrite (with ref. to Matt. 23:27). Etymology: ME f. OF f. L sepulc(h)rum f. sepelire sepult- bury
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I. noun or sepulcher Etymology: Middle English sepulcre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum, from sepelire to bury; akin to Greek hepein to care for, Sanskrit saparyati he honors Date: 13th century a place of burial ; tomb, a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar, II. transitive verb or sepulcher (-chred or -chered; -chring or sepulchering) Date: 1591 to place in or as if in a ~ ; bury, to serve as a ~ for ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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