sepulchre

Related to sepulchre: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

a whited sepulcher

A person, group, place, or thing presented as being virtuous and morally upright on the outside, but being hypocritically corrupt, immoral, or evil on the inside. A sepulcher is a burial vault containing the corpse of the deceased. Originally taken from a line in Matthew 23:27 in the Bible. We hope with this report to unmask the whited sepulcher that is the current governing body of the sport, which has profited off of bribery, the exploitation of migrant laborers, and the coercion of those who would stand against them. It always amuses me the shock people express when these TV evangelicals are exposed to be white sepulchers.
See also: white
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a whited sepulchre

a hypocrite; someone who is ostensibly virtuous but inwardly corrupt. literary
This expression comes from Matthew 23:27: ‘Woe unto you…for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness’. A sepulchre is a room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead body is laid or buried.
See also: sepulchre, white
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a whited sepulcher
  • a whited sepulchre
  • see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
  • white hat
  • sleaze
  • sleaze factor
  • pure as the driven snow
  • dine with the devil
  • sup with the devil
  • the nearer the church, the farther from God
References in periodicals archive
Israeli army officers are present around the gates of the Old City and passages that lead to the Holy Sepulchre, as well as inside the Church itself and on its roof.
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The news was reported by official Palestinian media and Fides news agency, after representatives of the Churches that administer the Holy Sepulchre, paid a visit to President Abbas.
Abbas makes personal donation for restoration of Holy Sepulchre
The fire mysteriously ignites behind the altar of the Holy Sepulchre church, built at the site where Jesus Christ was buried and was resurrected on Easter.
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Palestinian Christians denied access to churches
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Good Friday events began with a mass earlier in the morning at the cavernous Holy Sepulchre, which was built on the place where tradition holds Jesus was crucified, briefly entombed and resurrected.
Crucifixion marked in Jerusalem
They followed his 14 stations, saying a prayer at each and ending at the ancient Holy Sepulchre church.
JESUS' STEPS RE-TRACED
The pilgrims were marking Good Friday by walking from the Monastery of the Flagellation along the route now known as the Via Dolorosa or Way of Suffering to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Filipinos, Indians, Spaniards and Sri Lankans were among those who took part in the procession through the Stations of the Cross under the watch of thousands of Israeli police.
Christian pilgrims march in Jerusalem on Good Friday
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Jerusalem Meets Russian Patriarch Kirill
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