Plural of cerement; burial shrouds or winding sheets, especially waxed cloths used to wrap dead bodies.
From cerement (burial cloth) with regular plural formation. Cerements as a set of grave clothes were essential elements of funeral rites across many cultures.
In medieval Christianity, cerements were chosen and prepared with care by family members—it was one of the last acts of love you could perform for someone, making the cloth choice deeply personal.
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