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   sepulchral

   /sɪˈpʌlkr(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a tomb or interment: "sepulchral monuments"
   • ▪ gloomy; dismal: "a speech delivered in sepulchral tones"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis, from sepulcrum (see sepulchre).

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   • 1. sepulchrally adverb

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   What does sepulchral mean?

   • It consists of a series of large and gloomy caverns utterly unlike the sepulchral crypts below. In the Cloister garden of the Cathedral are preserved a tesselated pavement and the sepulchral slab of a Roman warrior. Sepulchral definition: of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.. See examples of SEPULCHRAL used in a sentence.

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   What is a sepulchral place?

   • Something that is sepulchral is serious or sad and rather frightening. 'He's gone,' Rory whispered in sepulchral tones. A sepulchral place is dark, quiet, and empty. He made his way along the sepulchral corridors. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does a sepulchre look like?

   • A sepulchre is a tomb or a crypt — a kind of stone room meant for burying a dead body. Something that's sepulchral reminds you of a sepulchre, either because it looks or feels like an actual tomb, or simply because it makes you think of death or dying. An empty building might be sepulchral, or a gloomy gathering.

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   What is a sepulchral chapel?

   • In an atmosphere of sepulchral calm the bathers recline on benches along the walls sweltering in superheated seclusion. The distinctive sepulchral chapels arose between 1648 and 1740. The sculpture is mainly represented in sepulchral art and decorations of facades. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What is a sepulchral monument?

   • The sepulchral monuments are ranged on one side rather thickly, and crowd somewhat closely upon the narrow pavement. This is the more remarkable because notwithstanding the darkness and oozing water there is nothing uncomfortably cellar-like or sepulchral about them.

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   What is sepulchral about the way he spoke?

   • There was something almost sepulchral about the way he spoke. The atmosphere takes on a wan, sepulchral hue; astonished nature is hushed in profound silence; an immense veil of sadness spreads over the world. Immediately afterward a voice, in a mournful and sepulchral accent, began to beg him to go away, and cease disturbing the repose of the dead.

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   Sepulchral means suggesting death or places where the dead are buried. It is a literary adjective that can be used to describe a gloomy set, a subterranean depth, or a disembodied voice.

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   Sepulchral means of or relating to a sepulchre, or a burial place, or funereal. It can also mean gloomy or dismal. See synonyms, examples, word history and more.

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   Sepulchral means of, relating to, or serving as a tomb, or gloomy and funereal. Learn how to use this word in sentences and discover its origin from Latin sepulcrālis.

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   Sepulchral means serious, sad, and frightening, or related to a tomb or burial. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms, pronunciation, and word origin.

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   Sepulchral means of or relating to a tomb, burial, or the dead. It can also mean gloomy, sad, or funereal. Find out more about its usage, pronunciation, and translations in different languages.

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   Something that reminds you of death is sepulchral. A dreary, misty graveyard at night usually feels sepulchral.

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    Sepulchral means suggesting death or places where the dead are buried. It is a literary adjective that can be used to describe a gloomy, hushed or mournful atmosphere. See how to use it in sentences and how to say it in different languages.