crematorium

[kree-muh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, krem-uh-] Origin

cre·ma·to·ri·um

[kree-muh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, krem-uh-]
noun, plural cre·ma·to·ri·ums, cre·ma·to·ri·a [-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] .
a crematory.

Origin:
1875–80; Latinization of crematory; see -tory2
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Crematorium has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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crematorium (ˌkrɛməˈtɔːrɪəm)
 
n , pl -riums, -ria
(Brit) a building in which corpses are cremated

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crematorium
1880, as if from L. *crematorius, from cremator-, stem of cremare (see cremation).
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