cerement

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cerement

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From French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”), from cirer (“to wax, wrap”).

noun cerements

often, plural A burial shroud or garment. […]; but tell / Why thy Canoniz’d bones Hearſed in death, / Haue burſt their cerments, why the Sepulcher / Wherein we ſaw thee quietly enurn’d, / Hath op’d his ponderous and Marble iawes, / To caſt thee vp againe?
specifically Cerecloth.

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"cerement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cerement. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cerement. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cerement

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"cerement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cerement.

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@misc{cerement_2026,
  title = {cerement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cerement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}