Definition of burial
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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
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Bunning's Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington at 10 a.m.
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Other states, like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, are phasing in bans on the burial of organics in landfills, beginning with the refuse of large businesses.
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His niece, Pam Thomas, received the ceremonial flag following the burial at Laurel Cemetery in Madisonville.
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By now, after some 49,000 burials, there is a certain routine to the days here.
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Roughly 200 people — including Crosby’s two siblings, four children and four grandchildren — attended his burial Sunday at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with full military honors, featuring a flyover by four F/A-18 Hornet jets.
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The Latest on the arrival of the remains of a Vietnam War casualty in San Diego for burial (all times local): 1:35 p.m.
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Glenn died Dec. 8, 2016 and his body was sent to the Air Force base to await burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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This German cemetery is the burial place for 25,644 soldiers, most of whom were moved here from other locations in the 1950s (the site was used as a combat cemetery from 1914).
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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
BURIAL Defined for English Language Learners
burial
playDefinition of burial for English Language Learners
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: the act or ceremony of burying a dead person in a grave
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: the act of burying something in the ground
BURIAL Defined for Kids
burial
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: the act of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb
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