cerement noun.
['sɪǝm(ǝ)nt] literary.
E17.[App. from CERE verb + -MENT.]1. In
pl. (Waxed) wrappings for the dead; grave-clothes.
E17.■ Shakespeare Hamlet Tell Why thy canoniz'd bones..Have burst their cerements.2. A cerecloth.
rare.
E19.► First recorded in Shakes.
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