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noun

Burial n.

A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. (Obs.) "The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened."

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." "Now to glorious burial slowly borne."

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.

Synonyms: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.

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... there are little enclosures, spread with clean straw or mats, and surrounded by a fence of cornstalks or low walls of mud. These are the holy places where in the intervals of work the devout Moslem may say his prayers; and, often bowered by shady trees, a whitewashed dome marks the burial-place of some ...

— Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt • R. Talbot Kelly

... listened to the reading of one of the ablest of his lectures, by the Rev. Mr. Wight, the Congregational minister, met at half-past twelve in the Free Church, in order to accompany the funeral, either on foot or in carriages, to the burial place,—a distance of about four miles. After a short, impressive religious service, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Philip and the Rev. Mr. Wight, they proceeded to join the private company, who had by this time taken their ...

— The Testimony of the Rocks - or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed • Hugh Miller

... he thought, for a child of his, than the one which Dr. Grant had ordered. But that was really of less consequence than the question where should the child be buried? A costly monument at Greenwood was in accordance with his ideas, but all things indicated a contemplated burial there in the country churchyard, and sorely perplexed he called on Bell as the only Cameron at hand, to know what he ...

— Family Pride - Or, Purified by Suffering • Mary J. Holmes

... on Sunday as if I ought to get my own burial clothes ready, so as to make as little trouble as possible when my time comes, for in these days we all go about our work knowing that any one of us may be the next to go down. And yet I think our friends would be surprised to see how cheerful ...

— Crescent and Iron Cross • E. F. Benson

... was so dangerously wounded that he could not rise. Some of the spectators carried him forthwith to the beach, and putting him into a boat, conveyed him by sea to Antibes. The body of his antagonist was denied Christian burial, as he died without absolution, and every body allowed that his soul went to hell: but the gentlemen of the army declared, that he died like a man of honour. Should a man be never so well inclined ...

— Travels Through France and Italy • Tobias Smollett

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