A sepulchral, gray-green curtain of gloom hung over the chilled earth.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
While about it there is a whistle from the speaking-tube, and going over to it and replying, a sepulchral voice comes to him from somewhere to the effect that Mrs. Wedge, the housekeeper, is delighted to hear that the house is to be occupied at last; that she will call upon the new master in the morning to pay her respects, as well as to make her arrangements for the future; and, good night.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
The one cross-shaped is supposed to have been sepulchral, or in some other way sacred to death.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr