Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.
  • adjective vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated person.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead

Etymologies

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From Latin cinerārius.

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