funeration

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noun

the act of burying with funeral rites

OriginLatin fūnerātiō →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounfuneration (usually uncountable, plural funerations)

plural funerations

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallythe act of burying with funeral rites

    For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them.

    1693, Sir Norman Knatchbull, Annotations upon some difficult texts in all the books of the New Testament

Origin

  1. Latinfūnerātiō
  2. Englishfuneration

From Latin fūnerātiō, from fūnerātus, past participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”), from fūnus, fūneris (“funeral”).

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APA

funeration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeration

MLA

“funeration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funeration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeration.

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