burial
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Alternative forms
- buriall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English beriel, a re-interpretation of Old English byrġels as a plural, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els.
Pronunciation
Noun
burial (countable and uncountable, plural burials)
- The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- His whole family was present at his burial.
- The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:interment
Derived terms
- burial at sea
- burial case
- burial chamber
- burial ground
- burial mound
- burial place
- burial plot
- burial site
- burial society
- burial stone
- heart-burial
- mass burial
- multiburial
- natural burial
- preburial
- primary burial
- reburial
- secondary burial
- ship burial
- sky burial
- tree burial
- unburial
- wind burial
Translations
interment
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