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cremation|kriːˈmeɪʃən, krɪ-|
[ad. L. cremātiōn-em, n. of action f. cremāre (see prec.).]
1. The action of burning or cremating; spec. the reduction of a corpse to ashes as a way of disposing of it in lieu of interment; an instance of this practice.
1623Cockeram, Cremation, Burning. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. ii. 4 The Solemnities, Ceremonies, Rites of their Cremation or enterrment, so solemnly delivered by Authors. 1758Johnson Idler No. 87 ⁋4 The custom of voluntary cremation is not yet lost among the ladies of India. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. II. iii. vi. 160 When cremation was abandoned for inhumation. 1882Pall Mall G. 6 June 1/2 The cremation of Garibaldi..is to be carried out in accordance with his last will and testament. 1884Pall Mall G. 7 Mar. 3/2 Mr. Justice Stephen's recent decision that cremation..is a legal proceeding has..stirred the Cremation Society of England to be up and doing.
2. attrib. and Comb., as cremation-burial, cremation-cemetery, cremation grave.
1913E. T. Leeds Archaeol. Anglo-Saxon Settlements iii. 58 The number of cremation burials occurring at Frilford is uncertain. 1934Essays & Studies XIX. 150 The description of the last rites paid to Beowulf shows that his was a cremation-burial. 1955Woolley Alalakh vi. 211 Cremation burial in Sq. M 13.
1907H. M. Chadwick Origin Eng. Nation iv. 74 The cremation cemeteries at Croydon and Beddington are also perhaps inconclusive. 1960P. H. Reaney Orig. Eng. Place-Names 102 Repton..situated above the right bank of the Trent in a district where cremation-cemeteries have been found.
1950H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monum. vi. 346 Of two Early Geometric cremation graves found..in the Agora one contained a pair of large fibulae.
Hence creˈmationism, nonce-wd., the advocacy or ‘cause’ of cremation. creˈmationist, one who advocates cremation as a means of disposing of the bodies of the dead.
1884Fargo (Minnesota) Argus Feb., Cremationism is on the increase. 1875F. S. Haden Earth to Earth 6 The Cremationists, whose position I..think untenable. 1885Manch. Exam. 22 June 5/3 The revelations made..excited the cremationists immensely. |