concremation means the act of burning different things together, especially in Hinduism, along with a widow. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CONCREMATION — [Noun] The act of burning multiple things together; specifically, the historical rite of a widow's self-immolation upon her husband's funeral pyre. From the Latin concrematio, from concremare ("to burn together"), from con- ("together") and cremare ("to burn, to cremate"). Unlike "cremation," which neutrally denotes the reduction of a single body to ash, or "suttee," which names the specific custom or the widow herself, concremation is the forensic term for the terrible fusion itself. It is the scent of sandalwood swallowed by the tang of burning hair; the oppressive, radiant warmth that erases the boundary between two bodies; the final union of ash with ash as the ultimate marital bond. A stark grammar of sacrifice that reduces the complex equation of two lives to a single, obliterated sum.
noun
- The act of burning different things together, especially in Hinduism, along with a widow.