urnaladj.
? Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of a cinerary urn; also, sepulchral.
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urned1909
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adjective] > characteristic or savouring of
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1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xi. H hj b The Ashes heapes which there confused lay, In urnal pottes they put.
1631 in T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 376 Baynham still longes to wayte uppon her to thys nocturnall urnall den.
2. Effected in a sepulchral urn.
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urnal1658
lead-lapped1830
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 48 Urnall enterrments, and burnt Reliques lye not in fear of worms.
1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 ii. 154/2 The reduction of the body to ashes, the urnal inclosure of those ashes.
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