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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?-m?′sh?n)

Noun.

[L.

crematio

A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

Without

cremation

. . . of their bodies.

Sir T. Browne.

Noun.

[L., to burn.] A burning; particularly, the burning of the dead, according to the custom of many ancient nations.

See also: cremation

crémation f ‎(plural crémations)

“crémation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).