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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A burial shroud or garment. often, plural

   "Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, have burst their cerements."

2. 2
   burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped wordnet
3. 3
   Cerecloth. specifically

Synonyms

All synonyms

pallpallcanopycovershroudwinding clothes

Example

More examples

"Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, have burst their cerements."

Etymology

From French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”), from cirer (“to wax, wrap”).

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