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Meaning of "cerement" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CEREMENT

From French cirement, from cirer to wax.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CEREMENT

cerement  [ˈsɪəmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CEREMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cerement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CEREMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cerement in the English dictionary

The definition of cerement in the dictionary is any burial clothes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CEREMENT


acquirement
əˈkwaɪəmənt
affeerment
əˈfɪəmənt
amerciament
əˈmɜːsɪəmənt
attirement
əˈtaɪəmənt
cashierment
kæˈʃɪəmənt
endearment
ɪnˈdɪəmənt
instrument
ˈɪnstrəmənt
lineament
ˈlɪnɪəmənt
measurement
ˈmɛʒəmənt
measurements
ˈmɛʒəmənt
ornament
ˈɔːnəmənt
palliament
ˈpælɪəmənt
parliament
ˈpɑːləmənt
postretirement
ˌpəʊstrɪˈtaɪəmənt
preretirement
ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪəmənt
requirement
rɪˈkwaɪəmənt
retirement
rɪˈtaɪəmənt
semiretirement
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈtaɪəmənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
virement
ˈvaɪəmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CEREMENT

cerebrospinal
cerebrospinal fever
cerebrospinal fluid
cerebrospinal meningitis
cerebrotonia
cerebrotonic
cerebrovascular
cerebrovascular accident
cerebrum
cerecloth
Ceredigion
ceremonial
ceremonialism
ceremonialist
ceremonially
ceremonies
ceremonious
ceremoniously
ceremoniousness
ceremony

WORDS THAT END LIKE CEREMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
movement
placement
replacement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of cerement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cerement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CEREMENT

Find out the translation of cerement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cerement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cerement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cerement
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerement
570 millions of speakers

English

cerement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cerement
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cerement
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

саван
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cerement
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শববস্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

linceul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cerement
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leichenhemd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cerement
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cerement
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ceremon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khăn liệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிணத்திற்குப் போர்த்தப்படும் மெழுகு தடவிய துணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अन्नधान्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kefen bezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lenzuolo funebre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cerement
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

саван
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerement
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σάβανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lijkwa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cerement
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cerement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cerement

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CEREMENT»

The term «cerement» is used very little and occupies the 155.655 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CEREMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cerement» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cerement» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cerement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CEREMENT»

Discover the use of cerement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cerement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The fruit boiled in water, and a piece of cloth soaked in it several times will make a good Pessary. Of the beans :1 cerement is thus made-— split the beans and take the seeds out; rub briskly the inner part of the bean upon a piece of new cloth, ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1837
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See CEREMENT. cereal,n fromadj:L Cereālis, belonging to Ceres,goddess of agriculture, espofgrain crops: akinto creāre, to create. cerebral, cerebration, cerebrum, cerebellum. The 4th isthe dim ofthe3rd; L cerebrum, thebrain, leadsto the EFF ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Cerement: and herein, as to the question, to vihom credit is given : and next, as to the character in which a person rents a tenement : and lastly, as to the ability of foreigners in this respect. Rex v. Butley, T. 10 # 11 Geo. 2. Burr. S. C. 107. 2 Bott ...
Richard Burn, Sir George Chetwynd, 1820
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Department of Employment Gazette
For all Female Workers (other than Pinkers and Choppers), including workers employed on Folding, Packing, Warehousing, Despatching or other operations incidental to or appertaining to the manufacture of articles in the Cerement- Making ...
Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Great Britain. Board of Trade, Great Britain. Ministry of Labour, 1920
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Of the beans a cerement is thus madesplit the beans and take the seeds out; rub briskly the inner part of the bean upon a piece of new cloth, until the pulp and all the humidity is thoroughly absorbed in the cloth, which when dried will become ...
6
Splay Anthem
SOUND AND CEREMENT — "mu" thirty-eighth part — Caught in coastal weather , came in from the rain, they the two, we who will have been none. . . It wasn't an epic we sang had there been a song we sang, heroic waste around us though ...
Nathaniel Mackey, 2006
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The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles
Synonyms: cerement cloth, sear cloth. ∞cerement cloth See cere cloth. cerifos checks (British usage) A fine checked gingham with a soft calendered finish. Has been exported to Peru; the warp is made of egyptian cotton, the filling is american  ...
‎2013
8
Victorian Women Poets: An Annotated Anthology
V Alas, alas, the children! they are seeking Death in life, as best to have: They are binding up their hearts away from breaking, With a cerement from the grave. Go out, children, from the mine and from the city, Sing out, children, as the little ...
Associate Professor of English Virginia Blain, Virginia Blain, 2014
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The Selected Works of Andrew Lang
Wrapper by wrapper he undid, cerement on cerement, till both Leonora and I wondered when he would stop. Stop he did, however, and, with a practised hand, shot his linen into one long rope, which he carefully attached to an erect and ...
Andrew Lang
10
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Cerement. Cerement, n. Cerecloth. Ceremonial, a. Ritual, formal. Ceremonial, n. Rite, form, formality, CEREMONY. Ceremonious, a. 1. Civil, respectful, courteous, courtly. 2. Formal, punctilious, stiff, precise, exact, starched, prim. Ceremony, n.
Richard Soule, 1871

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CEREMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cerement is used in the context of the following news items.
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The real meaning of 'separation of church and state'
“The term is not very distant, at which we are to deposit in the same cerement, our sorrows and suffering bodies, and to ascend in essence to an ... «WND.com, Dec 14»
2
Britain withdrew last military forces from southern Afghanistan
After the cerement, personnel from the RAF's 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) boarded a Britain-bound C17 aircraft along with colleagues ... «Jagran Josh, Nov 14»
3
'Twin Peaks' and the Origin of the Dead Woman TV Trope
... lifted away the filmy plastic cerement in which her body had been concealed. For the rest of the show's highly rated first season, viewers were ... «The New Republic, Apr 14»
4
Who was Elizabeth Browning? Her five best poems as Google …
With a cerement from the grave. Go out, children, from the mine and from the city —. Sing out, children, as the little thrushes do —. Pluck you ... «The Independent, Mar 14»
5
Midnight in Paris, choosing between three white Twixes and a …
But I was hungry – there was no denying it, standing there in my cerement pants and nibbling on one of those cinnamon biscuits the size of a ... «New Statesman, Dec 13»
6
France gives $23m for Fort Portal, Hoima power
During the signing cerement of the French loan agreement on Thursday in Kampala, finance minister Maria Kiwanuka, said the support will ... «New Vision, Oct 13»
7
Justin Bieber Fight: 'Baby' Singer Involved in Bloody Brawl Outside …
The 19-year-old allegedly hit the victim, who reportedly fell onto the cerement. Police reports state the singer's entourage went after the ... «Food World News, Aug 13»
8
Dichter quits Kadima to join government
At a welcoming cerement for new olim, the prime minister said, "The state under my leadership has done more to protect the home front than ... «Ynetnews, Aug 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cerement [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cerement>. Apr 2024 ».
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