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sepulchral

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se⋅pul⋅chral

  [suh-puhl-kruhl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
2. of or pertaining to burial.
3. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
4. hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.
Origin:
1605–15; < L sepulcrālis. See sepulcher, -al 1

Related forms:
se⋅pul⋅chral⋅ly, adverb
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se·pul·chral   (sə-pŭl'krəl, -pŏŏl'-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a burial vault or a receptacle for sacred relics.

  2. Suggestive of the grave; funereal.

se·pul'chral·ly adv.
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