In Act I, Scene IV of "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare, the phrases that provide clues that sepulchre means "grave" are option <em>1. canoniz'd bones</em> and <em>2. hearsed in death</em>. Hamlet is with Horatio and Marcellus waiting for the ghost of his father to appear. When it does Hamlet addresses him with these words meaning that his bones were buried in sacred soil.
