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Cerement   Listen
noun
Cerement  n.  
1.
A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.
2.
Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.





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"Cerement" Quotes from Famous Books



... that are no more. Then is the world no more. At last the time is come. They lay their iron hand upon the stone. They knock, they knock. Hark! It rings through the giant isles till the echo thrills with joy. They knock the stony cerement that enshrines me. Great Heaven! I thank thee! Used as I am become to my hollow narrowness, I shall rejoice to quit it. The lid upraises. I feel the air. I feel the air. Now, now, let me rise. I feel myself prepared. Ah! the boots fall off. ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 19, Issue 544, April 28, 1832 • Various


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