Entombment Synonyms

The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burial
  2. interment
  3. sepulture
  4. inurnment
  5. inhumation
An act of placing a body in a grave or tomb
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burial
  2. inhumation
  3. interment

Words Related to Entombment

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. funeral
  2. show
  3. the-virgin-mary
  4. crucifixion

Entombment Sentence Examples

  • Among the principal examples are " Roman Triumphs " (not the same compositions as the Hampton Court pictures), " A Bacchanal Festival," " Hercules and Antaeus," " Marine Gods," " Judith with the Head of Holophernes," the " Deposition from the Cross," the " Entombment," the " Resurrection," the " Man of Sorrows," the " Virgin in a Grotto."

  • Schubert's fine relief of the entombment of Christ are worthy of notice.

  • In baptism the rubric ordains that the baptized be plunged three times in the font in commemoration of the entombment during three days of the Lord.

  • Frequently a temporary return of marine conditions permitted the entombment of such salt water genera as Lingula, Orbiculoides, Productus in the thin beds known as " marine bands."

  • In some instances where it had been freely introduced, as in the great theatre, it would seem that the slabs must have been removed at a period subsequent to the entombment of the city.

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