Defn: To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.
CREMATION
Cre*ma"tion (kr-m"shn), n. Etym: [L. crematio.]
Defn: A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne.
CREMATIONIST
Cre*ma"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who advocates the practice of cremation.
CREMATOR
Cre*ma"tor (-tr), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes.
CREMATORIUM; CREMATORY
Crem`a*to"ri*um (krm`-t"r-m), Crem"a*to*ry (krm"-t-r), n.; pl.
Crematoriums (-Crematories (-r. Etym: [NL. crematorium, fr. L.
cremator.]
Defn: A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
CREMATORY
Crem"a*to*ry, a.