Burial

Definitions

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His whole family was present⟳ at his burial.”

“The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.”

“A dreary year for the Squadron, this 1819, when officers and men fell sick by the shipload and were sent home by the tenderful, when Lemon Valley Hospital was supplemented by the one at High Peak, when Court-Martials were held at the rate of one a fortnight, burials thrice a week, and surveys on foul provisions every other day!”

“However, many Cromlechs and Dolmins are carelessly called "Druid's circles", when in reality they were the burial places of ancient chieftains and their households[.]”

CEFR level