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sepulcher

[sep-uhl-ker] / ˈsɛp əl kər /


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The three artists who broke into an abandoned South Seattle warehouse, turning it into a yawning sepulcher with eerie murals and sculpture partly based on monuments from a 19th-century Alaska Native cemetery.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2019

I therefore wished to make certain that no fleck of uncertainty besmirched the white sepulcher of her legitimacy.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2018

Right to sepulcher lawsuits, which are rare, typically are filed against institutions such as hospitals that handle bodies.

From Reuters Dec. 1, 2015

The lawsuit contends that Mr. Durst violated the McCormack family’s right to sepulcher, a rarely used New York law granting family members the immediate right to possession of a body for burial.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2015

At first, huddled in her sepulcher, unable either to stand up or sit down despite her small size, Alba managed to stave off madness.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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