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WHITED SEPULCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whited sepulcher mean?
• WHITED SEPULCHER (noun)
The noun WHITED SEPULCHER has 1 sense:
1. a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
Familiarity information: WHITED SEPULCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
whited sepulcher; whited sepulchre
Hypernyms ("whited sepulcher" is a kind of...):
dissembler; dissimulator; hypocrite; phoney; phony; pretender (a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives)
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