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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.
ber'rial. [See Bury.] The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water.
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

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Noun

burial (plural burials)

  1. The act of burying; interment

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  • See also Wikisaurus:interment

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