Easter sepulcher
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easter sepulcher — noun Usage: usually capitalized E 1. : a shallow recess in the north side of the chancel in some churches in which formerly the sacred elements were reserved from Maundy Thursday to Easter 2. : a tomb in medieval churches in which the altar… … Useful english dictionary
sepulcher — /sep euhl keuhr/, n. 1. a tomb, grave, or burial place. 2. Also called Easter sepulcher. Eccles. a. a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs. b. a structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with… … Universalium
Russian Easter Festival Overture — Op.36 ( Svetliy prazdnik , also known as The Great Russian Easter Overture) is a concert overture written by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov between August 1887 and April 1888 dedicated to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and… … Wikipedia
crypt — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, alveolation, alveolus, ambry, antrum, apse, armpit, baptistery, barrow, basement, basin, beehive tomb, blindstory, bone house, booth, bowl, box, box grave, burial, burial chamber, burial mound,… … Moby Thesaurus
apse — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, ambry, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway, baptistery, blindstory, camber, ceilinged roof, chancel, choir, cloisters, concameration, concha, confessional, confessionary, cove, crypt, cupola … Moby Thesaurus
baptistery — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, affusion, ambry, apse, aspergation, aspersion, baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptizement, blindstory, chancel, choir, chrismal, christening, cloisters, confessional, confessionary,… … Moby Thesaurus
chancel — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy,… … Moby Thesaurus
choir — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, Liederkranz, Liedertafel, a cappella, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, chamber chorus, chancel, choral group, choral society, choral symphony, chorale, chorus, claviature, cloisters, confessional … Moby Thesaurus
cloister — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, abbey, access, adytum, aisle, alley, ambry, ambulatory, aperture, apse, arcade, areaway, artery, ashram, avenue, baptistery, blindstory, bottle up, box in, box up, breezeway, cabin, cage, casket, cell … Moby Thesaurus
confessional — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, admissive, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, canonical, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessionary, creedal, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, doctrinal, dogmatic, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft,… … Moby Thesaurus
