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cremation

Today it means: A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse. Full definition →

Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis

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Latin · borrowed fromcremātiō, cremātiōnis
English todaycremation

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.

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