as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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Recent Examples of interment
The interment will follow at the Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery at 1361 Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interment
Noun
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According to his burial record, Josiah Redman died April 19, 1860, but was buried in Spring Grove on April 20, 1904.—
Jennie Key,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bordaz has long theorized that the musketeer's body was probably buried near the French camp, rather than being taken back to France, so that King Louis XIV could have personally attended his burial.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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Legend has it that one funeral was so fueled by whiskey in this sacred spot that the mourners forgot to bury their dead.—
Rosie Conroy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Fire trucks lined up outside a funeral home in Chicago’s southwest suburbs on a gray and rainy Tuesday morning for the funeral of Michael Altman, a Chicago firefighter who died while working to put out a Rogers Park fire earlier this month.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interment. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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