burial

noun, often attributive buri·al \ ˈber-ē-əl , ˈbe-rē- also ˈbər- \

|Updated on: 21 Aug 2018

Examples: burial in a Sentence

Definition of burial

1 : grave, tomb

2 : the act or process of burying

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Examples of burial in a Sentence

They prepared the body for burial.
She wanted to give him a proper burial.
Did you attend the burial?
The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.

Recent Examples of burial from the Web

The mounds are listed in the Wisconsin Historical Society's burial sites catalog, which means Wingra needs a state permit to disturb them.

— todd richmond, chicagotribune.com, "Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks concrete company from digging up American Indian burial mounds," 22 May 2018
In contrast, the smaller, 78-acre Laurel Hill — with far fewer available burial sites and 75,000 bodies already interred — took in $1.6 million and spent $1.2 million.

— annabelle williams, Philly.com, "West Laurel Hill debuts pet cemetery, featuring 'aquamation'," 3 July 2018
The experts, who were led by the Zoological Society of London, made the incredible find in a 2,300-year-old burial chamber.

— james rogers, Fox News, "Mysterious remains of extinct ape discovered in ancient Chinese tomb," 22 June 2018
Forty-three artifacts dug up in a massive Viking-age burial site in Sweden are traveling outside of that country for the first time, courtesy of the Gustavianum Museum of Uppsala University.

— susan dunne, courant.com, "Viking Artifacts, Vinland Map On Display At Mystic Seaport," 22 May 2018
After the verdict, Ream lead investigators to Cindy's burial site along 23 Mile Road in Macomb Township.

— ann zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, "Police: Up to 6 girls may be buried at Macomb Twp. site," 8 May 2018
At some point during the couple’s 4,000-year-long slumber, grave robbers ransacked their burial chamber and plundered its gold and jewels.

— New York Times, "The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head," 2 Apr. 2018
But the latest finding of the burial chamber was a surprise for archaeologists.

— julissa treviño, Smithsonian, "3,600-Year-Old Tomb Found Next to Canaanite Palace Might Contain Remains of Royal Family," 14 Mar. 2018
The nine bodies were unceremoniously dumped into a burial pit, tangled in a jumble of limbs anathema to the precise arrangements typically seen in Early Neolithic graves.

— meilan solly, Smithsonian, "7,000-Year-Old German Grave Shows New Side of Neolithic Brutality," 11 July 2018

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Origin and Etymology of burial

Middle English beriel, berial, back-formation from beriels (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb, Old English byrgan to bury — more at bury

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First Known Use: 13th century

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