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English Dictionary: cerement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cerement
n
  1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cerement \Cere"ment\, n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.]
      (a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a
            dead body when embalmed.
      (b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
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