obsequy

usually obsequies pl  the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place <the murder victim's father was the chief mourner at the obsequies> Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, burial (usually obsequies), sepultureRelated Words embalmment, funeral; immurement, inurnment; reburial, reintermentNear Antonyms cremationAntonyms disinterment, exhumation, unearthing