holy sepulcher

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsHoly Sepulchre

   Broaderburial chamber

   Part ofJerusalem

Questions about holy sepulcher

What does holy sepulcher mean?

holy sepulcher means "the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection".

What is another word for holy sepulcher?

Close synonyms include Holy Sepulchre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy sepulcher a common word?

holy sepulcher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.