HOLY SEPULCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holy Sepulcher mean? 

• HOLY SEPULCHER (noun)
  The noun HOLY SEPULCHER has 1 sense:

1. the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection

  Familiarity information: HOLY SEPULCHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLY SEPULCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Holy Sepulcher; Holy Sepulchre

Instance hypernyms:

burial chamber; sepulcher; sepulchre; sepulture (a chamber that is used as a grave)

Holonyms ("Holy Sepulcher" is a part of...):

capital of Israel; Jerusalem (capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom)