From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [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.]
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The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and
biriels weren opened. --Wycliff
[Matt. xxvii.
51, 52].
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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.
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Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson.
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{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.
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Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial
n 1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {burial},
{entombment}, {inhumation}, {interment}, {sepulture}]
2: concealing something under the ground [syn: {burying},
{burial}]
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