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Sepulchral definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEPUL'CHRAL, a. [L. sepulchralis, from sepulchrum.] Pertaining to burial, to grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as sepulchral stone; a sepulchral statue; a sepulchral inscription.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions"; "sepulchral monuments in churches"
2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
3: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal, sepulchral]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1615 1. of or relating to a sepulchre <sepulchral inscriptions> 2. suited to or suggestive of a sepulchre ; funereal <spoke in sepulchral whispers> • sepulchrally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of a tomb or interment (sepulchral mound; sepulchral customs). 2 suggestive of the tomb, funereal, gloomy, dismal (sepulchral look). Derivatives: sepulchrally adv. Etymology: F sépulchral or L sepulchralis (as SEPULCHRE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sepulchral Se*pul"chral, a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F. s['e]pulcral.] 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. 2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. --H. Sweet.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is sepulchral is serious or sad and rather frightening. (LITERARY) 'He's gone,' Rory whispered in sepulchral tones. ADJ 2. A sepulchral place is dark, quiet, and empty. (LITERARY) He made his way along the sepulchral corridors. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Monumental. 2. Funereal, mournful, sombre, sad, woful, gloomy, dismal, lugubrious, melancholy, deep, grave, hollow.

Moby Thesaurus

baritone, bass, cavernous, cinerary, contralto, deep, deep-echoing, deep-pitched, deep-toned, deepmouthed, dirgelike, dismal, epitaphic, exequial, feral, funebrial, funebrious, funebrous, funeral, funerary, funereal, grave, heavy, hollow, low, low-pitched, mortuary, mournful, necrological, obituary, obsequial, reverberant