Burial synonyms
bĕr'ē-əl
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A concrete or metal enclosure in the ground, into which the casket is lowered at burial
Suggestive of the grave; funereal.
funeral (related)
The definition of a funeral is a ceremony celebrating or honoring the dead.
To serve as a tomb for.
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A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
The definition of a tomb is a vault or chamber where dead people are buried.
cemeterial
Of or pertaining to a cemetery.
concealedness
Quality of being concealed.
See obsequy
cinerary
Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated person.
Any of a series of vaults or galleries in an underground burial place
One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
A building, room, or vault in which the bones or bodies of the dead are placed; a charnel.
(Anat.) Any of various recesses, glandular cavities, or follicles in the body
The decommissioning of a radioactive site by encasing it in concrete
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exequy
(Obsolete, now only in plural) Funeral rites.
hypogeum
An underground cellar, vault, tomb, etc.
(Medicine) arenation
A building with vaults for the entombment of a number of bodies
A group of things collected in a mass or heap:
A large cemetery, especially one of elaborate construction in an ancient city.
A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
A burial vault.
(Archaic) A burial place
show (related)
A display; a manifestation:
encoffinment
The preparation of the body of a deceased person and placement of it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
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hiddenness
(Uncountable) The state, property or quality of being hidden.
The state of being invisible.
obscurement
The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
cremation (related)
cemetery (related)
unconsecrated (related)
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grave-goods (related)
re-buried (related)
churchyard (related)
reinterred (related)
gravettian (related)
grave (related)
cremate (related)
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exhumation (related)
Sacraments administered to a person near death
Find another word for burial. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for burial, like: vault, sepulchral, funeral, interment, entomb, barrow, deposition, dolmen, tomb, cemeterial and concealedness.
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