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cinerary

[ sin-uh-rer-ee ]

/ ˈsɪn əˌrɛr i /

adjective

holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.

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having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.

mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate.

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Origin of cinerary

1740–50; <New Latin cinerārius;see cineraria

Words nearby cinerary

cineplastic amputation, cineradiography, Cinerama, cineraria, cinerarium, cinerary, cinerator, cinerea, cinereous, cinerin, Cingalese

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Example sentences from the Web for cinerary

The Professor was to join the Trescotts later; at present he was much engaged with some cinerary urns.
Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu|Constance Fenimore Woolson
From the quarry near Volterra the Etruscans obtained the alabaster for their cinerary urns.
Roman Mosaics|Hugh Macmillan
In the introduction of the funeral pile and the cinerary urn, we have one important evidence of the adoption of novel rites.
The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland|Daniel Wilson
Whether a cinerary urn for the ashes of the dead, or a water-pot for drawing water is meant, I am unable to determine.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II|Aubrey Stewart & George Long

The room contained nine niches, and each niche a cinerary urn, of which six were still untouched.
Pagan and Christian Rome|Rodolfo Lanciani

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