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.
Definition. To ease tensions and limit future costs associated with committing military forces to suppress native rebellion and protect colonial settlement, King George III issued the Proclamation Line of 1763.