Cerement

Synonyms for "cerement" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
pallshroudwinding sheet

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
burial shroud

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
death shroudfuneral shroudveil of deathwinding clotheswinding-clotheswinding-sheet

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

5 entries
burial garmentclothingfigurative expressiongarmentmetaphor

More specific

4 entries
death imageryfuneral symbolismgrave linenwinding sheet

Collocations

5 entries
burial cerementcerement clothcerement linencerement shroudcerement wrap

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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

Source: wiktionary

Oh! when his sacred dust The cerements of the tomb shall burst, Might I be worthy at his feet to rise, To yonder blissful skies, Where angel-hosts resplendent shine, Jehovah!—Lord of Hosts, the glory shall be thine.

Source: wiktionary

"Who is the woman in the cerements?", she inconsequently wondered.

Source: wiktionary

The cerements still cling to their wasted frames, but will soon be exchanged for a gayer garb in their passage from the tomb to the temple.

Source: wiktionary

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