sepulchral

  • 21sepulchral — a. 1. Monumental. 2. Funereal, mournful, sombre, sad, woful, gloomy, dismal, lugubrious, melancholy, deep, grave, hollow …

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  • 22sepulchral — adj 1. gravelike, tomblike, tombal, se pultural, cinerary; burial, cemeterial, of or for the dead; funeral, funerary, mortuary, exequial, obsequial. 2. funereal, dirgeful, dirgelike, doleful, lugubrious; mournful, woeful, sorrowful, grievous;… …

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  • 23sepulchral — se·pul·chral …

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  • 24sepulchral — UK [səˈpʌlkrəl] / US adjective literary sad and serious …

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  • 25sepulchral — se•pul•chral [[t]səˈpʌl krəl[/t]] adj. 1) of or pertaining to tombs or to burial 2) dismal 3) hollow and deep se•pul′chral•ly, adv …

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  • 26trans-sepulchral — trans seˈpulchral, a. [f. trans 3 + L. sepulc(h)rum sepulchre: cf. sepulchral.] That is beyond the sepulchre or tomb. in Cent. Dict. in Webster …

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  • 27BRASSES —    sepulchral tablets of a mixed metal, called latten, inlaid in a slab of stone, and insculpt with figures and inscriptions of a monumental character; the oldest in England is at Stoke d Abernon, in Surrey …

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  • 28sepulchrally — sepulchral ► ADJECTIVE 1) of or relating to a tomb or burial. 2) gloomy; dismal. DERIVATIVES sepulchrally adverb …

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  • 29Tomb — • A memorial for the dead at the place of burial, customary, especially for distinguished persons Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tomb     Tomb      …

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  • 30Christian Archaeology —     Christian Archaeology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Archaeology     Christian archaeology is that branch of the science of archaeology the object of which is the study of ancient Christian monuments. The modern historian who… …

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