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encoffinment en · NOUN

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Etymology

From encoffin + -ment.

Meanings

1. The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
   • In rites of encoffinment, burial and commemoration, all human beings are treated as ghosts. 2002, Linda Woodhead et al., Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, →ISBN, page 109:
   • The encoffinment takes place on the third day after death, in the presence of the assembled family. 1882, Robert K. Douglas, China, with Map, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 294:

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encoffin · encoffiner