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.
verb. make a proclamation. 1  advertise. 2  annunciate. 3  blast. 4  blazon. 5  broadcast. 6  call. 7  communicate. 8  declare. 9  disclose. 10  disseminate. 11  divulge. 12  drum. 13  give out. 14  impart. 15  intimate. 16  issue. 17  make known. 18  make public. 19  pass the word. 20  proclaim. 21  promulgate. 22  propound. 23  publicize. 24  publish. 25  release. 26  report. 27  reveal. 28  run off at mouth. 29  sound off. 30  spread around. 31  state. 32  tell.