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CINERARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cinerary mean?
• CINERARY (adjective)
The adjective CINERARY has 1 sense:
1. containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead
Familiarity information: CINERARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a cinerary urn
Pertainym:
cinerarium (a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead)
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