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A tomb fancy enough to make death look like a real estate flex.
means A burial vault or tomb, especially one built as an imposing chamber or monument for the dead.
from From Latin sepulcrum, 'grave' or 'tomb,' built on sepelire, 'to bury.' That verb traces back to a root sense of handling or tending a body — burial as a rite performed, not just a hole dug. The word moved through Old French sepulcre into English, carrying all along that air of ceremony: not just where you're put, but where you're laid in state.
- word origin
- from Latin sepelire, to bury
- biblical fame
- whitewashed sepulchers, Jesus's insult for hypocrites
- jerusalem landmark
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre marks Christ's tomb
- usage today
- mostly poetry, horror, and gothic real estate listings