Etymology

cerement

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Today it means: A burial shroud or garment. Full definition →

French cirement
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  1. French · borrowed fromcirement“waxing, wax dressing”
  2. English todaycerement

From French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”), from cirer (“to wax, wrap”).

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