cerement

cer·e·ment

C0211300 (sĕr′ə-mənt, sîr′mənt)n.1. Cerecloth.2. often cerements A burial garment.

cerement

(ˈsɪəmənt) n1. (Textiles) another name for cerecloth2. any burial clothes[C17: from French cirement, from cirer to wax; see cere²]

cere•cloth

(ˈsɪərˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ)

n., pl. -cloths (-ˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs) cloth treated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead. [1400–50; earlier cered cloth; see cere2]

cerement, cerements

the cloth or clothing in which the dead are wrapped for burial or other form of funeral.See also: Burial, Clothing, Death

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Noun

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cerement - burial garment in which a corpse is wrappedwinding-clothes, winding-sheet, pall, shroudburial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial

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