noun
- Cloth or wrappings, typically linen, used to wrap a dead body for burial; a shroud.
Usage: Usually plural; formal or literary
Examples
- The ancient Egyptians wrapped their pharaohs in cerements before placing them in tombs.
- The body was dressed in white cerements according to the funeral rites.
- Medieval texts describe the careful preparation of cerements for the deceased.
- She imagined her ancestor lying in cerements beneath the stone floor.
- The cerements were woven from the finest linen available to the family.