cerement

/'siəmənt/

Thân thiện

The archaeologist carefully examined the ancient cerement in the laboratory.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A burial garment or wrapping for a corpse: A "cerement" is a cloth, often waxed or treated, used to wrap a dead body for burial. It is a formal and somewhat archaic term for a shroud.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The ancient mummy was still bound in its linen cerements.
  • They prepared the body by wrapping it in a simple cerement before the burial.

Advanced Usage

• "Cerements" (plural form): Often used in the plural to refer to the wrappings or grave clothes collectively.
  • The archaeologists carefully removed the dusty cerements from the remains.

Variants and Related Words

• Cerecloth (noun): A waxed cloth used for wrapping a dead body; a synonym for cerement.
  • The body was sewn into a cerecloth.

Synonyms

• Shroud: A length of cloth in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.
• Winding-sheet: An old term for a cloth wrapped around a corpse.
• Pall: A cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.

Học thuật

Noun

1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pall
• shroud
• winding-sheet
• winding-clothes