But the main reason, as you might expect, is cost. Cremation is cheaper than burial. The average cost of a funeral today is about $6,500, including the typical $2,000-or-more cost of a casket. Add a burial vault, and the average jumps to around $7,700. A cremation, by contrast, typically costs a third of those amounts, or less. In a tough economy like the current one, cost counts â a lot.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a proclamation is an announcement, or something being officially announced. An example of a proclamation is a broadcasting of the announcement of a baby born to a member of the British royal family.
The Proclamation of 1763 was an English law enacted after gaining territory from the French at the end of the French and Indian War. It forbade the colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains.