Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or custom of cremating; a burning, as of the dead; incineration; incremation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the incineration of a dead body

Etymologies

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From Latin cremātiō.

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