Category:Sepulchral

Se*pul"chral, a. Etym: [l. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral.]

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.