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cin⋅e⋅rar⋅y

  [sin-uh-rer-ee]
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–adjective
holding or intended for ashes, esp. the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
Origin:
1740–50; < NL cinerārius; see cineraria
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cin·e·rar·i·um   (sĭn'ə-râr'ē-əm)   
n.   pl. cin·e·rar·i·a (-ē-ə)
A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body.

[Latin cinerārium, from neuter of cinerārius, of ashes, from cinis, ciner-, ashes.]
cin'er·ar'y (sĭn'ə-rěr'ē) adj.
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