cerements
Example Sentences
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They had probably been attracted by the smell of the mummies and their cerements, that lay strewn about the tent.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2020
At length the pair return, and when Sirki tries to frighten Grazia back to mundanity by revealing himself in his habitual cerements, she alone of all the company shows no fear of Death.
From Time Magazine Archive
The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
But soon as ever the white cock stirs, They take again their cerements white, And in their hands a torch alight.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
Each icy germ in its cerements stirred, As Lazarus moved at the Lord's loud word.
From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein
