Encoffined

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of encoffin form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Enclosed in a coffin. not-comparable

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
burycoffincoffinenshrineentombinhume

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From en- + coffin + -ed.

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