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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CINERARY

Cin "er *a *ry, a. Etym: [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes. ]

Defn: Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cinerary urn

cinerary urn |ˈsɪnərəri | ▶noun an urn for holding a person's ashes after cremation, especially as used by Classical and prehistoric cultures. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: cinerary from Latin cinerarius ‘of ashes ’.

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cinerary urn

cinerary urn |ˈsɪnərəri | ▶noun an urn for holding a person's ashes after cremation, especially as used by Classical and prehistoric cultures. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: cinerary from Latin cinerarius ‘of ashes ’.