Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SEPULCHRE
I. noun or sepulcher
Etymology: Middle English sepulcre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sepulcrum, sepulchrum, from sepelire to bury; akin to Greek hepein to care for, Sanskrit saparyati he honors
Date: 13th century
a place of burial ; tomb , a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar,
II. transitive verb or sepulcher (-chred or -chered; -chring or sepulchering)
Date: 1591
to place in or as if in a sepulchre ; bury , to serve as a sepulchre for