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encoffiners

encoffiners is the plural of encoffiner.

Meaning of encoffiner

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)

Questions about encoffiners

What is encoffiners the plural of?
Encoffiners is the plural of encoffiner.

Words near encoffiners in the dictionary

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

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