First Known Use: 1530
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whited sepulcher
noun
Definition of WHITED SEPULCHER
: a person inwardly corrupt or wicked but outwardly or professedly virtuous or holy : hypocrite
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Origin of WHITED SEPULCHER
from the simile in Matthew 23:27
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