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Definition of Cerement
1. Noun. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.
Generic synonyms: Burial Garment
Derivative terms: Pall, Shroud, Shroud, Shroud
Definition of Cerement
1. n. A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.
Definition of Cerement
1. Noun. A burial shroud or garment. ¹
2. Noun. Cerecloth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cerement
1. a waxy cloth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerement
Literary usage of Cerement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the English language, for the use of schools by Frederick Poynder (1854)
"A cloth smeared with wax, or other cerement, | glutinous substance Ceremonial, s.
An outward form, or rite Ceremonial, a. Pertaining to ceremony Ceremonious ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The shroud was called a cerecloth or cerement. The former was often written ...
CERECLOTH, cerement, waxed cloth ; see Cere. CEREMONY, an outward rite. (F.. ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Cere, to coat with wax. (L.) L. cerare, to wax.-L. cera, wax.+Gk. m¡p6s, wax.
Cerecloth. (L. яж/Е.) Lit. a waxed cloth. cerement. ..."
4. Every-day Pronunciation by Robert Palfrey Utter (1918)
"have the first syllable pronounced sSr-; whereas those that come from Lat.
cera, wax, (cerecloth, cerement, et al.) as well as those that come from Lat. ..."
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