Cerement: alternatives and connections

A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orde…

Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. P…

To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first wo…

To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal messa…

the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina

The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found env…

Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm…

Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spirit…

A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.