graveclothes
11Les Lavandières — From Celtic mythology, Les Lavandières, also known as the cannard noz in Brittany, the Bean Nighe (in Scottish mythology), or the Midnight Washerwomen in English, are three old washerwomen. The three old women go to the water s edge at midnight… …
12All Saints' Church, Hawton — Coordinates: 53°03′05″N 00°49′33″W / 53.05139°N 0.82583°W / 53.05139; 0.82583 …
13burial — /ber ee euhl/, n. 1. the act or ceremony of burying. 2. the place of burying; grave. [1200 50; BURY + AL2; r. ME buriel, back formation from OE byrgels burial place, equiv. to byrg(an) to BURY + els n. suffix; cf. RIDDLE1] * * * Ritual disposal… …
14cerement — /sear meuhnt, ser euh /, n. Usually, cerements. 1. a cerecloth used for wrapping the dead. 2. any graveclothes. [1595 1605; CERE2 + MENT] * * * …
15John 11 — 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters …
16pall — Synonyms and related words: allay, bamboo curtain, barrier of secrecy, be infinitely repetitive, be tedious, blackout, blanket, bore, censorship, cerecloth, cerements, cloak, cloth, cloy, coat, cold water, cover, coverage, covering, covert,… …
17shroud — Synonyms and related words: advocate, alpenstock, apparel, arm, armor, array, athletic supporter, attire, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, becloud, bedeck, bedrape, befog, blanket, bless, blind, block out, box, bra, brace, bracer,… …
18shroud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. winding sheet, grave clothes; pall; screen, cloak, veil. See interment, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. winding sheet, covering, graveclothes, cerements, cerecloth, pall; see also cloth , cover 1 …
19cerecloth — n. Cerement, graveclothes …
20cerement — n. Cerecloth, graveclothes …
