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sepulchral
(encz) | sepulchral,pohřební Jaroslav Šedivý |
Sepulchral
(gcide) | Sepulchral \Se*pul"chral\, a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F.
s['e]pulcral.]
1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments
erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone;
a sepulchral inscription.
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2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of
sound, especially of the voice.
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This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving
what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. --H.
Sweet.
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sepulchral
(wn) | sepulchral
adj 1: of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions";
"sepulchral monuments in churches"
2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell
came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly
shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn:
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
3: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal
gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal,
sepulchral] |
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Sepulchral
(gcide) | Sepulchral \Se*pul"chral\, a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F.
s['e]pulcral.]
1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments
erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone;
a sepulchral inscription.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of
sound, especially of the voice.
[1913 Webster]
This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving
what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. --H.
Sweet.
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