Translation for 'sepulchre' from English to French

sepulchre

tombeau {m}

sepulchre [Br.]

sépulcre {m}

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Jerusalem] [Br.]

église {f} du Saint-Sépulcre [Jérusalem] [aussi : basilique du Saint-Sépulcre, Agia Anastasis ou basilique de la Résurrection ]arch.hist.relig.

• A sepulchre is a burial chamber and in this case "Holy Sepulchre" refers to the burial chamber of Jesus, what is believed to be his tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
• Prayers are held on the third day, because Jesus rose again after three days in the sepulchre (1 Corinthians 15:4).
• Another legend tells of when Mary Magdalene went to the sepulchre to anoint the body of Jesus.
• Other than the font, the church also contains a 14th century sepulchre to the Carminow Family and the mausoleum of Richard Vyvyan 1st Baronet (d.1665).
• The town takes its name from its basilica which is a replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

• Nonosbawsut's body was placed in a sepulchre, later to be joined by his infant son and eventually Demasduwit herself.
• According to Lycophron, at Macalla was the sepulchre of Philoctetes, to whom the inhabitants paid divine honours.
• He died of AIDS. His sepulchre is in the cemetery of Unterhaching.
• Amarna Tomb 5 is an ancient sepulchre in Amarna, Upper Egypt.
• His sepulchre in the Ourense Cathedral was designed by sculptor Antoni Solà.

• The title is a reference to the bible verse John 20:1, "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."
• The work ends with the words: "Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
• The Rucellai sepulchre is known by various names, including Sacellum of the Holy Sepulchre, Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, [...] , [...] and [...].