Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Sepulchre
sepulchre, n. [OFr < L. sepelīre, to bury.] (webplay: bury, dead, grave, human).
- Chrysalis; butterfly's case.
- Tomb; crypt; funeral vault.
- Winter.
- Grave; [metonymy] graveyard; cemetery.
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