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Synonyms & Antonyms of interment
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
- a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
Synonyms for interment
- burial,
- burying,
- entombing,
- entombment,
- inhumation,
- interring,
- obsequy
- (usually obsequies),
- sepulture
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interment. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of interment was in the 14th century
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