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.
Proclamations, for example, are a special type of Executive Order that are generally ceremonial or symbolic, such as when the President declares National Take Your Child To Work Day. Another subset of Executive Orders are those concerned with national security or defense issues.