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encoffined

encoffined adjective: enclosed in a coffin. Also the simple past and past participle of encoffin.

Adjective

encoffined (not comparable)

  1. Enclosed in a coffin.
    • No corpse shall be retained in any premises, including a funeral parlour, for a period longer than 48 hours after death, unless the corpse is encoffined in a hermetically sealed coffin or is embalmed.2002, Singapore Statutes, section 4, Funeral parlours, cemeteries and crematoria http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=2002-REVED-95&segid=933565630-001403

Also used as

encoffined is also the simple past and past participle of encoffin.

Origin of encoffined

From en- + coffin + -ed.

Questions about encoffined

What does encoffined mean?
Encoffined means enclosed in a coffin.
What part of speech is encoffined?
Encoffined is an adjective.

Words near encoffined in the dictionary

  1. encoders
  2. encodes
  3. encoding
  4. encodings
  5. encoffin
  6. encoffined
  7. encoffiner
  8. encoffiners
  9. encoffining
  10. encoffinment
  11. encoffinments

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