Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

funeration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ner-a-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the act of burying with funeral rites

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For in the Rites of funeration they did use to anoint the dead body, with Aromatick Spices and Oyntments, before they buried them."

Etymology

From Latin fūnerātiō, from fūnerātus, past participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”), from fūnus, fūneris (“funeral”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

funerations (plural)

Questions

What does funeration mean?: the act of burying with funeral rites
Where does funeration come from?: From Latin fūnerātiō, from fūnerātus, past participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”), from fūnus, fūneris (“funeral”).

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