Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of placing a corpse in a coffin; coffining.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The preparation of the body of a
deceased person and placement of it in acoffin , especially in aceremonial orritualistic manner.
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Examples
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In Japan, a young man apprentices to the trade of "encoffinment," the preparation of corpses before their cremation.
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He is hired by the gruff but intuitive Sasaki (Tsutomu Yamazaki) for a job that roughly translates to "encoffinment."
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The rite of encoffinment may prepare the dead for a peaceful departure, but in some quarters it's considered abnormal and its practitioners unclean.
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