encoffiner

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noun

A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.

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Meanings

nounencoffiner (plural encoffiners)

plural encoffiners

  1. A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.

    The same critic notes, “the encoffiners’ real task is to bring dignity to death, respect to the deceased and solace to those who grieve, and it is not hard to be moved . . . .”

    2009, Leonor Magtolis Briones, "The Road Home" (film review of Departures), ABS-CBN News (Philippines), 10 Aug. (retrieved 26 Jan. 2010)

Origin

From encoffin + -er.

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APA

encoffiner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffiner

MLA

“encoffiner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffiner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encoffiner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encoffiner.

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