sepulchral Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to a sepulchre
    • sepulchral inscriptions
    • sepulchral monuments in churches
  2. adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
    charnel; ghastly.
    • a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
    • ghastly shrieks
    • the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
  3. adjective satellite suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
    funereal.
    • funereal gloom
    • hollow sepulchral tones

WordNet

Se*pul"chral adjective
Etymology
L. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
  2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice.
    This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. H. Sweet.

Webster 1913