Definition of: sepulcher

(sep′əl·kər) noun
A burial place, especially one found or made in a rock or solidly built of stone; tomb; vault.
2. A receptacle for relics, especially in an altar slab; a box or urn in a chapel to receive the Holy Sacrament: also called the repository.
—the Holy Sepulcher The rock–hewn tomb in which the body of Jesus was buried.
—v.t. ·chered or ·chred, ·cher·ing or ·chring To place in a grave; entomb; bury. Also sep′ul·chre (-kər). [<OF sepulcre <L sepulcrum a burial place, tomb <sepultus, pp. of sepelire bury]