Sepulchre (Noun)
Meaning
A chamber that is used as a grave.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The pharaoh's body was laid to rest in a grand sepulchre beneath the pyramids.
- In ancient Rome, family sepulchres lined the Appian Way, holding the remains of nobility and commoners alike.
- After her husband's death, the widow tended the sepulchre in the cemetery where his family had lain for generations.
- As they descended into the dimly lit sepulchre, they were met with an eerie silence and the faint scent of decay.
- Within the intricately carved walls of the sepulchre lay the crypt of the deceased warlord.