incremation

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Enough of these,—now for an incremation: would that, Hindoo like, I could consume with them the memory to which they have been wedded!

From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

The same full-moon that watched the white-robed throng busied with the rites of incremation in a grove of palms, beheld also the seven dragons contending for the body of Marcobad.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

Mr. Willard described to me a scene of incremation that be once witnessed which was frightful for its exhibitions of fanatic frenzy and infatuation.

From An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)

Although his assumed recantation saved his bones from exhumation and incremation, the result was none the less a full justification of the archbishop’s proceedings.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

May we not calculate with tolerable certainty on his return, and his incremation?

From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)