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Webster 1913 Edition
Burial
Bur′i-al
,Noun.
[OE.
buriel
, buriels
, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels
, fr. byrgan
to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli
sepulcher.] 1.
A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
[Obs.]
The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and
biriels
weren opened. Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52].
2.
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.
“To give a public burial.” Shak.
Now to glorious
burial
slowly borne. Tennyson.
Burial case
, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.
– Burial ground
, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies.
– Burial place
, any place where burials are made.
– Burial service
. (a)
The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service.
(b)
That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment;
as, the English
.burial service
Syn. – Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Burial
BURIAl
,Noun.
1.
The act of placing any thing under earth or water; as, to bury see in the earth.2.
The church service for funerals.Definition 2024
burial
burial
English
Alternative forms
- buriall (obsolete)
Noun
burial (plural burials)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:interment
Translations
interment
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