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CREMATION

\kɹɪmˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɹɪmˈe‍ɪʃən], \k_ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of CREMATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Activities associated with the physical burial of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as funeral rites.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Burning of animal or vegetable matter.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The burning of dead bodies; incineration.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The reduction of corpses to ashes by burning. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] A burning; particularly the burning of the dead.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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