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sepulchre

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1. sepulchre - Noun

2. sepulchre - Verb

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The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.

To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.

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Although it is widely claimed that he took the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri ("advocate" or "defender" of the Holy Sepulchre), this title is only used in a letter that was not written by Godfrey. Source: Internet

An inscription by the native Humanist scholar Lovato dei Lovati placed near the tomb reads: error However, more recent tests suggest the sepulchre dates to the between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Source: Internet

In March, Frederick crowned himself in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but because of his excommunication and the interdict Jerusalem was never truly reincorporated into the kingdom, which continued to be ruled from Acre. Source: Internet

In 1160 she gave her assent to a grant made by her son Amalric to the Holy Sepulchre, perhaps on the occasion of the birth of her granddaughter Sibylla to Agnes and Amalric. Source: Internet

In October 486 BCE, the body of Darius was embalmed and entombed in the rock-cut sepulchre that had been prepared for him several years earlier. Source: Internet

Contemporary sources credit the emperor with spending vast sums in an effort to restore the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after this agreement was made. Source: Internet

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