cerement
[ seer-muhnt, ser-uh- ]
nounUsually cerements.
a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead.
any graveclothes.
Origin of cerement
1Words Nearby cerement
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How to use cerement in a sentence
Wrapper by wrapper he undid, cerement on cerement, till both Leonora and I wondered when he would stop.
HE | Andrew LangThere was another darkness about her, thicker than the mere night, like a black cerement dropping over her soul.
Wild Oranges | Joseph Hergesheimer
British Dictionary definitions for cerement
cerement
/ (ˈsɪəmənt) /
noun
another name for cerecloth
any burial clothes
Origin of cerement
1C17: from French cirement, from cirer to wax; see cere ²
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