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Definition of Embalmment
1. Noun. Preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals.
Definition of Embalmment
1. n. The act of embalming.
Definition of Embalmment
1. Noun. The process of embalming. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embalmment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embalmment
Literary usage of Embalmment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"As regards the history of the embalmment, there were some queer stories told.
Julia Pastrana being a Mexican, and being embalmed by Europeans, ..."
2. Life of the Lady Arabella Stuart by A. Murray Smith (1889)
"THE ORDER FOR THE embalmment OF ARABELLA'S BODY. Devon's " Pell Records," p.
179, London : 1836. By order, dated 12th of October, 1615. ..."
3. The Land of the Monuments: Notes of Egyptian Travel by Joseph Pollard (1898)
"... processes of embalmment—The Step Pyramid—Mariette Bey's house— Strabo's account
of the Serapeum—Mariette's discover)'— ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart: Including Numerous Original by Elizabeth Cooper (1866)
"ARABELLA'S embalmment. "By order dated 12th of October, 1615.—To Duncan Primrose,
one of his Majesty's Surgeons, the sum of £& 13s. ..."
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