Noun: whited sepulcher 'wI-tid 'se-pul-ku(r)
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- A person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
"The corrupt politician was exposed as a whited sepulcher";
- whited sepulchre
Derived forms: whited sepulchers
Type of: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony [N. Amer], pretender