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• Cremation

  [kree-meyt] /ˈkri meɪt/ verb (used with object), cremated, cremating. 1. to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite. 2. to consume by fire; burn. /krɪˈmeɪt/ verb 1. (transitive) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash n. 1620s, from Latin cremationem (nominative crematio), noun of action […]

• Cremationist

  [kri-mey-shuh-nist] /krɪˈmeɪ ʃə nɪst/ noun 1. a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.

• Cremator

  [kree-mey-ter] /ˈkri meɪ tər/ noun 1. a person who cremates. 2. a furnace for cremating dead bodies. 3. an incinerator, as for garbage. /krɪˈmeɪtə/ noun 1. (Brit) a furnace for cremating corpses Also called (esp US) cinerator 2. a person who operates such a furnace

• Crematoria

  [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, krem-uh-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌkrɛm ə-/ noun, plural crematoriums, crematoria [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/ (Show IPA) 1. a crematory. /ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm/ noun (pl) -riums, -ria (-rɪə) 1. (Brit) a building in which corpses are cremated n. plural of Modern Latin crematorium (see crematorium). n. 1880, from Latin cremator-, […]

• Crematorium

  [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, krem-uh-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌkrɛm ə-/ noun, plural crematoriums, crematoria [kree-muh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌkri məˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/ (Show IPA) 1. a crematory. /ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm/ noun (pl) -riums, -ria (-rɪə) 1. (Brit) a building in which corpses are cremated n. 1880, from Latin cremator-, stem of cremare (see cremation) + -orium (see […]

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