Burial
the act or ceremony of burying.
the place of burying; grave.
Contemporary Examples
Michaele and Tareq Salahi’s Hellish Divorce Diane Dimond January 4, 2012
Rage Against the Ebola Crematorium Abby Haglage November 10, 2014
Osama bin Laden’s Controversial Sea Burial McKay Coppins May 1, 2011
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad November 20, 2014
Erich Priebke: The Nazi Nobody Wanted Barbie Latza Nadeau October 16, 2013
Historical Examples
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
The Story of the Mormons William Alexander Linn
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago John S. C. Abbott
The Tempering Charles Neville Buck
noun
the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body
n.
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