Cerement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Cerecloth.
  • n. A burial garment. Often used in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A burial shroud or garment.
  • n. Cerecloth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.
  • n. Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Cloth dipped in melted wax and used in wrapping dead bodies when they are embalmed; hence, any grave-cloth; in the plural, grave-clothes in general.
  • n. The under-cover of an altar-slab.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
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