| 单词 |
incremation |
| 释义 |
incremation Now rare or Obs.|ɪnkriːˈmeɪʃən| [f. in-2 + cremation, f. L. type *incremāre: see prec.] Burning, esp. of a dead body; = cremation (which is now the usual word).
1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 107, I hope you will improve that department not withstanding your order of incremation. 1849Thackeray Pendennis II. iv, ‘Shall we take him to the publisher's or make an auto-da-fé of him?’ ‘I don't see what is the good of incremation’, Warrington said. 1851Madden Shrines O. & N. World I. 44 The mode of incremation which was most followed by the Greeks. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 127 Cistic tombs..constructed according to the customs of incremation. 1870Echo 4 Nov., An article on Incremation as opposed to Interment, is worthy of attention, the case made out being one of considerable strength. |

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