cremation

[kri-mey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of reducing a dead body to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.

   The others in the family want to have a private cremation, followed by a memorial service where we scatter the ashes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cremation¹

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin cremātiōn-, stem of cremātiō; cremate ( def. ), -ion ( def. )

Example Sentences

Hogan was also approved for cremation, according to the document.

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Most, Watson said, opt for some kind of cremation.

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“The villagers would tell one of his sons to take him to the UK because he would keep visiting the cremation ground and sit there for hours,” his biographer, Khushwant Singh, told NDTV.

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He had head and neck metastatic cancer, and he ultimately succumbed to lung metastasis, according to CNN, which obtained a cremation approval summary report from the medical examiner’s office in Pinellas County, Florida.

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Mays, who gets by on Social Security payments, has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for his cremation and send his ashes to Bake, to be scattered in his favorite places in Australia.

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Related Words

• incineration www.thesaurus.com