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cerements

cerements is the plural of cerement.

Meaning of cerement

Noun

cerement (plural cerements)

  1. (often, plural) A burial shroud or garment.
    • […]; but tell / Why thy Canoniz’d bones Hearſed in death, / Haue burſt their cerments, why the Sepulcher / Wherein we ſaw thee quietly enurn’d, / Hath op’d his ponderous and Marble iawes, / To caſt thee vp againe?c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (specifically) Cerecloth.

Questions about cerements

What is cerements the plural of?
Cerements is the plural of cerement.

Words near cerements in the dictionary

  1. cereicidins
  2. cerein
  3. cereins
  4. cereless
  5. cerement
  6. cerements
  7. ceremide
  8. ceremides
  9. ceremonial
  10. ceremonial counties
  11. ceremonial county

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