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Encoffined vs Encoffiner - What's the difference?

encoffined | encoffiner |

As an adjective encoffined

is enclosed in a coffin.

As a verb encoffined

is (encoffin).

As a noun encoffiner is

a person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.

encoffined

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Enclosed in a coffin.
  • * 2002 , Singapore Statutes, secion 4, Funeral parlours, cemeteries and crematoria [http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_getdata.pl?actno=2002-REVED-95&segid=933565630-001403]:
    • "No corpse shall be retained in any premises, including a funeral parlour, for a period longer than 48 hours after death, unless the corpse is encoffined in a hermetically sealed coffin or is embalmed."

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encoffin)

    • encoffiner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
  • * 2009 , Leonor Magtolis Briones, " The Road Home" (film review of Departures''), ''ABS-CBN News (Philippines), 10 Aug. (retrieved 26 Jan. 2010):
    • The same critic notes, “the encoffiners ’ real task is to bring dignity to death, respect to the deceased and solace to those who grieve, and it is not hard to be moved . . . .”

    Related terms

    * encoffin * encoffinment