Cerement
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A burial shroud or garment. often, plural
"Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, have burst their cerements."
- 2 burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped wordnet
- 3 Cerecloth. specifically
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”).