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Webster 1913 Edition


Sepulchral

Se-pul′chral

,
Adj.
[L.
sepulcralis
: cf. F.
sépulcral
.]
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.
2.
Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; – said of sound, especially of the voice.
This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a
sepulchral
tone.
H. Sweet.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sepulchral

SEPUL'CHRAL

,
Adj.
[L. sepulchralis, from sepulchrum.] Pertaining to burial, to grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as sepulchral stone; a sepulchral statue; a sepulchral inscription.