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Webster 1913 Edition


Cremation

Cre-ma′tion

(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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cremation

CREMATION

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

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cremation

cremation

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cremation (plural cremations)

  1. A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
    Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.

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