Meaning of cerement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A burial shroud or garment.
   often, plural
2. Cerecloth.
   specifically

Equivalents

Examples

“Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, have⟳ burst⟳ their cerements.”

“Oh! when his sacred dust The cerements of the tomb shall burst⟳, Might I be worthy at his feet to rise⟳, To yonder blissful skies, Where angel-hosts resplendent shine⟳, Jehovah!—Lord of Hosts, the glory shall be thine.”

“"Who is the woman in the cerements?", she inconsequently wondered.”

“The cerements still cling⟳ to their wasted frames, but will soon be exchanged for a gayer garb in their passage from the tomb to the temple.”

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