whited sepulcher

[ hwahy-tid sep-uhl-ker, wahy‐ ]

noun

1. an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matthew 23:27.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whited sepulcher¹

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

There are too many whited sepulchers, moneychangers in the temple, casters of first stones in this current Republican power elite.

From New York Times

“He is a hypocrite and a whited sepulcher!”

From Literature

The information came first to Edward Lamb, through the inquiries of a commercial rating company, that their Boston capitalist was a whited sepulcher, so far as capital went.

From Project Gutenberg

If the beauty of the fever coast is that of a whited sepulcher, it is a sufficiently alluring region, and Dom Pedro's factory stood high and healthily upon the summit of a bluff.

From Project Gutenberg

Certainly it was a case of "whited sepulcher."

From Project Gutenberg