Burial

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  • noun. The act or process of burying.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A grave or place of sepulture; a tomb.
  • noun. The act of burying; specifically, the act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in any place where it is intended to remain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
  • noun. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
  • noun. a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.
  • noun. a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies.
  • noun. any place where burials are made.
  • noun. That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of burying; interment
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
  • noun. concealing something under the ground
  • Word Usage
    ""Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion.""