a. [ad. L. cinerāri-us pertaining to ashes. Cf. F. cineraire.] Of or pertaining to ashes. Cinerary urn, vase: a sepulchral urn used in ancient times to preserve the ashes of the dead after cremation.
1750. Phil. Trans., XLVII. 107. One of those cinerary urns.
1857. Birch, Anc. Pottery (1858), II. 345. Larger urns, some for cinerary purposes.
1880. Howells, Undisc. Country, i. 6. There are cinerary associations with fire places.
