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burial

[ber-ee-uhl]

noun

  1. the act or ceremony of burying.

  2. the place of burying; grave.



burial

/ ˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • reburial noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of burial1

First recorded in 1200–50; bury + -al 2; replacing Middle English buriel, back formation from Old English byrgels “burial place,” from byrg(an) “to bury” + -els(e), noun suffix ( riddle 1 )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of burial1

Old English byrgels burial place, tomb; see bury , -al ²
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Works are beginning on Monday to allow the excavation of a mass burial site linked to a historic mother and baby institution in the Republic of Ireland.

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From full-body taxidermy to partial mementos — skulls, bronzed hearts or freeze-dried paws, for example — such services provide closure in ways that, clients say, traditional burials or urns cannot.

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"It's not a burial site, but it was a memorial. It was not a permanent memorial that was erected. It was a temporary memorial," he said.

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Trump claimed: "These are burial sites right here. Burial sites. Over a thousand of white farmers."

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It also showed a field of crosses, which the US president, talking over the images, said was a burial site of white farmers.

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