sepulcher | Word of the Day

March 30, 2018 sepulcher [sep-uh l-ker] noun 1. a tomb, grave, or burial place. 2. Also called Easter sepulcher. Ecclesiastical. a. a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs. b. a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ's entombment and Resurrection. Visual Word of the Day Watch the Visual Word of the Day ways to say Suburban Dictionary.com word facts Strange Idioms With Bizarre Origin Rumors WORD OF THE DAY sepulcher continued... QUOTES The stale suffocating room felt like a sepulcher ... -- Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings, 2014 ORIGIN Sepulcher comes via French from Latin sepulcrum "grave, tomb," a derivative of the verb sepelīre "to perform the funeral rites, bury, inter." The Latin verb comes from the Proto-Indo-European root sep- "to honor," extended to sep-el- "sorrow, care, awe." The same root appears in Sanskrit sapati "(he) worships, tends." The Greek derivative of sep- is the root hep-, which usually occurs in compound verbs, e.g., amphiépein "to look after, tend to," as in the last line of the Iliad, "Thus they tended to (amphíepon) the funeral of horse-taming Hector." Sepulcher entered English in the 13th century. OTHERS ARE READING 1 The Oldest Memes in History Memes have been around longer than Kermit sipping tea. 2 Don't Be Accident Porn & Other Funny Typos Writing comes with inherent risks: spelling errors! 3 Villianous Pets We Love To Hate The most famous villain/animal duos. 4 Are Emoji...Words? We've added emoji to Dictionary.com, but are they real words? 5 Strange Idioms With Bizarre Origin Rumors These stories are too good to be true. © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy