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Whited sepulcher   Listen
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Sepulchre, Sepulcher  n.  The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. "The stony entrance of this sepulcher." "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher."
A whited sepulcher. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See





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"Whited sepulcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself quite even in the contest that had endured so long. Next morning it would be Sonia's turn. Ah, what a despicable thing is man's love, how unstable and profitless! No wonder Honora valued it so lightly. How Horace Endicott had raved over this whited sepulcher five years ago, believed in her, sworn by her virtue and truth! And to-day he regarded her without feeling, neither love nor hate, perfect indifference only marking his mental attitude in her regard. Somehow one liked to feel that love is unchangeable, as with ...
— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith


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