HOLY SEPULCHRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holy Sepulchre mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLY SEPULCHRE (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 Sepulchre" 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)

 Context examples 

He tried to make us act plays and to enter into masquerades, in which the characters were drawn from the heroes of Roncesvalles, of the Round Table of King Arthur, and the chivalrous train who shed their blood to redeem the holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)