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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of cremare 'to burn up, cremate' |
Related topics:MX to burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony
—cremation
noun [uncountable and countable]
WORD FOCUS: die 
noun [uncountable and countable]WORD FOCUS: die a ceremony for someone who has died: funeral a ceremony at which someone who has died is buried or burned
burial when someone's body is put into the ground
cremation when someone's body is burned
hearse a large car that takes the body to the funeral
coffin a box in which someone is buried or carried to the funeral
grave the place where someone is buried
graveyard/cemetery an area where dead people are buried
undertaker someone who arranges funerals
the mourners the people at a funeraldie
➔ See also die
