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cremationist

cremationist adjective: in favour of cremation.

Adjective

cremationist (not comparable)

  1. In favour of cremation

Noun

cremationist (plural cremationists)

  1. Someone in favour of the practice of cremation.
    • And besides, whatʼs to become of all the grave-diggers? Have the cremationists thought of that?2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 430
  2. Someone who performs a cremation; a cremator

Forms of cremationist

pluralcremationists

Origin of cremationist

From cremation + -ist.

Questions about cremationist

What does cremationist mean?
Cremationist means in favour of cremation.
What part of speech is cremationist?
Cremationist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cremationist in the dictionary

  1. cremating
  2. cremation
  3. cremation oven
  4. cremation ovens
  5. cremationism
  6. cremationist
  7. cremationists
  8. cremations
  9. cremator
  10. crematoria
  11. crematorial

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