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whited sepulchre — ► whited sepulchre literary a hypocrite. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 23.] Main Entry: ↑white … English terms dictionary
whited sepulchre — noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous • Syn: ↑whited sepulcher • Hypernyms: ↑hypocrite, ↑dissembler, ↑dissimulator, ↑phony, ↑phoney, ↑pretender * * * … Useful english dictionary
whited sepulchre — /waɪtəd ˈsɛpəlkə/ (say wuytuhd sepuhlkuh) noun a specious hypocrite. {from Christ s description of the scribes and Pharisees as like whited sepulchres in the sense of being beautiful on the outside but unclean inside (Matthew 23:27). The… …
whited sepulchre — literary a hypocrite. [with biblical allusion to Matt 23:27.] → white … English new terms dictionary
sepulchre — n. & v. (US sepulcher) n. a tomb esp. cut in rock or built of stone or brick, a burial vault or cave. v.tr. 1 lay in a sepulchre. 2 serve as a sepulchre for. Phrases and idioms: the Holy Sepulchre the tomb in which Christ was laid. whited… … Useful english dictionary
whited sepulcher — noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous • Syn: ↑whited sepulchre • Hypernyms: ↑hypocrite, ↑dissembler, ↑dissimulator, ↑phony, ↑phoney, ↑pretender * * * … Useful english dictionary
sepulchre — n. tomb. ♦ whited sepulchre, hypocrite; seemingly holy but really evil person or thing. ♦ sepulchral, a. pertaining to tombs; gloomy; hollow … Dictionary of difficult words
Sepulchre — Sepulcher Sep ul*cher, Sepulchre Sep ul*chre, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s[ e]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
A whited sepulcher — Sepulcher Sep ul*cher, Sepulchre Sep ul*chre, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s[ e]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Heart of Darkness — Infobox Book | name = Heart of Darkness title orig = translator = image caption = author = Joseph Conrad illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Frame story, Novella publisher = Blackwood s… … Wikipedia
white — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light. 2) very pale. 3) relating to a human group having light coloured skin, especially of European ancestry. 4) morally or spiritually pure. 5)… … English terms dictionary
