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Definition of Coffining
1. coffin [v] - See also: coffin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffining
Literary usage of Coffining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books of China by James Legge (1885)
"Confucius said, ' The clothes to be put on him after the coffining having been
... If the slighter dressing (preparatory to the coffining) have still (to be ..."
2. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1849)
"... his substitute says the following prayer, a copy of which is afterwards burned
for the information of the deceased. Prayer off i red ic/icn coffining a ..."
3. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1903)
"... in Aberdeenshire sixty years ago, hut there was m suggestion of a service at
the “ coffining. “ “ Chest ings “ are still common in Perth and Perthshire, ..."
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