a whited sepulchre
1whited sepulchre — ► whited sepulchre literary a hypocrite. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 23.] Main Entry: ↑white …
2whited sepulchre — noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous • Syn: ↑whited sepulcher • Hypernyms: ↑hypocrite, ↑dissembler, ↑dissimulator, ↑phony, ↑phoney, ↑pretender * * * …
3whited 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… …
4whited sepulchre — literary a hypocrite. [with biblical allusion to Matt 23:27.] → white …
5sepulchre — 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… …
6whited sepulcher — noun a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous • Syn: ↑whited sepulchre • Hypernyms: ↑hypocrite, ↑dissembler, ↑dissimulator, ↑phony, ↑phoney, ↑pretender * * * …
7sepulchre — n. tomb. ♦ whited sepulchre, hypocrite; seemingly holy but really evil person or thing. ♦ sepulchral, a. pertaining to tombs; gloomy; hollow …
8Sepulchre — 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… …
9A 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… …
10Heart 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… …
