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encoffiner

encoffiner noun: a person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.

Noun

encoffiner (plural encoffiners)

  1. A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
    • The same critic notes, “the encoffiners’ real task is to bring dignity to death, respect to the deceased and solace to those who grieve, and it is not hard to be moved . . . .”2009, Leonor Magtolis Briones, "The Road Home" (film review of Departures), ABS-CBN News (Philippines), 10 Aug. (retrieved 26 Jan. 2010)

Forms of encoffiner

pluralencoffiners

Origin of encoffiner

From encoffin + -er.

Questions about encoffiner

What does encoffiner mean?
Encoffiner means a person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
What part of speech is encoffiner?
Encoffiner is a noun.
What is the plural of encoffiner?
The plural of encoffiner is encoffiners.

Words near encoffiner in the dictionary

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

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