Cinerary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cinerary \Cin"er*a*ry\, a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.]
     Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cinerary urns}, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the
        ashes of the dead when burned.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cinerary
       adj : containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead; "a
             cinerary urn"