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Definition: A whited sepulcher
Sepulcher
\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.
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The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak.
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The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1.
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A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly
but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.
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