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embalming

verb as in preserve, immortalize

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Example Sentences

For centuries, Capuchin monks followed simple embalming practices.

I told you embalming is a legal requirement for public sanitation?

The Egyptian sought in vain to make the mortal body incorruptible by embalming it.

The bodies shut up in these trunks become dry without rotting, and form a kind of mummies without the help of embalming.

Such ideas have caused much empyricism, and have been most powerful obstacles to the progress of the art of embalming.

He had, notwithstanding, a good example to follow in anticipation of a better, which was the embalming of Colonel Morland.

Later, however, he changed his course to the study of anatomy, embalming and sanitary science.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to embalming, such as: mummify, anoint, prepare, process, treasure, and freeze.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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