OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11195

sepulchre

/ˈsɛpəlkə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sepulcro
A burial chamber.
Near-synonym: crypt
[I]n the reign of Henry the Second, a body happening, by chance, to be dug up near Glastonbury Abbey, without any symptoms of putrefaction or decay, the Welch, the descendants of t…
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