Synonyms for cremation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kree-meyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkri meɪt


Définition of cremation

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Latin cremationem (nominative crematio), noun of action from past participle stem of cremare "to burn, consume by fire" (also used of the dead), from PIE *krem-, extended form of root *ker- "heat, fire" (see carbon).
  • noun burning
Example sentences :
  • For an instant Azuba stared, white-faced, at the cremation of the bonnet.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In Siam cremation is the general way of disposing of the dead.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
  • It is but seldom that a cremation is not in progress at the burning ghat.
  • Extract from : « East of Suez » by Frederic Courtland Penfield
  • It avoids even the fumes that are given off in cremation of the dead.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • The cremation, my dear, has nothing in truth to do with the Fixed Period.
  • Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope
  • Then a stove ignited the mass and the work of cremation began.
  • Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
  • Here, as in Calcutta, cremation is constantly going on beside the river.
  • Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • There was a guard in front of the door, and that guard, strangely enough, was Cremation Mike.
  • Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
  • Which, in the time of our author, meant, the place of cremation.
  • Extract from : « Hindu Law and Judicature » by Yjnavalkya
  • I had but a moderate desire to see a cremation, so it was soon satisfied.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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