"cerement" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cerements [plural]
Etymology: From French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”), from cirer (“to wax, wrap”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cirement||waxing, wax dressing}} French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cerement (plural cerements)
  1. (often plural) A burial shroud or garment. Tags: often, plural Translations (burial shroud or garment): саван (savan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), са́ван (sávan) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-cerement-en-noun-U9Q6scrS Disambiguation of 'burial shroud or garment': 99 1
  2. (specifically) Cerecloth. Tags: specifically
    Sense id: en-cerement-en-noun-R0WJU4Dq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winding clothes, winding sheet, pall Derived forms: unceremented

Inflected forms

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