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CEREMENT

\sˈi͡əmənt], \sˈi‍əmənt], \s_ˈiə_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of CEREMENT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A gravecloth or shroud.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Cloth dipped in melted wax, in which dead bodies were wrapped; grave-clothes.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A cloth dipped in melted wax in which dead bodies are wrapped.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [French] A cloth dipped in melted wax, used for embalming.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Cloaths dipped in melted wax, with which dead bodies were infolded.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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