Crematory. World English Historical Dictionary

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a. and sb. [f. L. type *cremātōri-us, f. cremātor: see above.]

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  A.  adj. Of or pertaining to cremation.

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1884.  Manch. Guard., 26 Sept., 5/4. Belief in the crematory process as a sanitary measure.

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1886.  Morley, Life Geo. Eliot, Crit. Misc. III. 94. Leaving as little work, to the literary executor, except of the purely crematory sort, as did [etc.].

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1889.  Chambers’ Encycl., III. 556. Crematory furnaces … have been erected.

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  B.  sb. A place or establishment for cremation; spec. an erection for the incineration of corpses.

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1876.  L. Tollemache, in Fortn. Rev., Jan., 118. The aspect of death might be a little softened, if cemeteries gave place to crematories.

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1885.  Times, 27 March, 10/4. Yesterday morning the crematory erected at St. John’s, Woking, Surrey, was made use of for the first time.

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