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cinerary definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead; "a cinerary urn"

Merriam Webster's

adjective see cinerarium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of ashes. Phrases and idioms: cinerary urn an urn for holding the ashes after cremation. Etymology: L cinerarius: see CINERARIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cinerary Cin"er*a*ry, a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.