Burials synonyms

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interments
The definition of an interment is a burial.
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vaults
A burial chamber
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tombs
A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
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sepulchers
A burial chamber.
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repositories
A burial vault; a tomb.
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obsequies
A funeral rite or ceremony.
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necropoleis
A large cemetery, especially one of elaborate construction in an ancient city.
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mounds
A natural elevation, such as a small hill.
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mausolea
A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
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hypogea
An ancient subterranean burial chamber, such as a catacomb.
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depositions
A deposing or being deposed; removal from office or position of power
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chambers
An enclosed space or compartment:
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barrows
A city of north-central Alaska on the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow, the northernmost point in the state.
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shows (related)
A false appearance; a pretense:
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Find another word for burials. In this page you can discover 14 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for burials, like: interments, vaults, tombs, sepulchers, repositories, obsequies, necropoleis, mounds, mausolea, hypogea and depositions.
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  • A little later, in Crete, bone-pits seem to have come into use, containing the remains of many burials.

  • Moreover, the hierarchy derives a vast revenue from the fees for burials in the sacred limits.

  • Petrie's excavation of the cemetery behind the temple enclosures revealed burials dating from the fourth dynasty onwards, the most important being mastables of the period from the sixth to the eleventh dynasties; many of these exhibited a peculiar degradation of the contemporary style of sculpture.

  • The golden treasure of the Mycenae graves, these critics urge, is not more splendid than would have been found at Cnossus had royal burials been spared by plunderers, or been happened upon intact by modern explorers.

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