Definitionn. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Last update: September 15, 2015
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Her burial was performed on the Sunday following her death. [noun]
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The sale of big furniture barely paid the expenses of his burial. [noun]
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Thus died Daniel, and for seven days the women sat apart upon the ground and mourned him, while the men embalmed his body and made it ready for burial. [noun]
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He wondered whether he could obtain their bodies for burial. [Please select]
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The cliffs to the west had been from early times excavated for burial purposes. [Please select]
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He died there a few days later, and was laid away in Bunhill Fields burial ground, London, which has been ever since a campo santo to the faithful. [noun]
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The burial will take place at the Vaugirard cemetery a little before nightfall. [noun]
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