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- noun Plural form of
sepulchre .
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Examples
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stones of ... pit -- whose bodies are buried in sepulchres excavated amidst stones, whereas the king of Babylon is an unburied "carcass trodden under foot."
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Egyptians and Persians, and is practiced at the present day, among many nations; also the custom of placing food in their sepulchres, which is rebuked by St. Augustine.
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One of the sepulchres was a well-jointed vault of stone with no wall-paintings.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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One of the sepulchres was a well-jointed vault of stone with no wall-paintings.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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One of the sepulchres was a well-jointed vault of stone with no wall-paintings.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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But the bodies of sinners are called sepulchres of the dead, because the sinner's soul is dead in his body; for that cannot be deemed to be alive, which does no spiritual or living act.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Origen: And in the prophetic writings, the historical sense is the body, the spiritual meaning is the soul; the sepulchres are the letter and books themselves of Scripture.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Success and admiration, even the admiration of those whose yoke they had broken, cheered them while living, still sheds a glory round their remote and untitled sepulchres, and will illumine the page of their history for ever.
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Even so, Douai-Rheims gave us "through a glass darkly", "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof", "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" and "whited sepulchres".
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I like the biblical reference to this phony spectacle, likening the public prayer-bots to sepulchres, all whitewashed on the outside yet full of stench, rot, and decay on the inside.
Freshwater: More sanctions coming against Hamilton? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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