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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cremation

/(kr?-m?"sh?n)/ · Cre·ma·tion · IPA /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
01 n. A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
  1. 1.
    A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
    “Without cremation . . . of their bodies.” Sir T. Browne.