Meaning

1 senses
  1. The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.

Origin

From encoffin + -ment.

From encoffin + -ment.

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Forms

plural: encoffinments
Singularencoffinment
Pluralencoffinments

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

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