burial
SayBER-ee-uhl/ˈbɛɹiəl/UK/ˈbɛɹɪəl/
Pluralburials
- 1The act of burying a dead body, especially by placing the remains in the ground; interment.
The family chose a quiet hillside cemetery for the burial.
In many cultures, burial must take place within a day of death.
Similarinterment, funeral, entombment
Oppositeexhumation, disinterment
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Origin
From Middle English 'beriel', which reinterpreted the Old English word 'byrgels' as a plural. 'Byrgels' was formed from 'byrgan' ('to bury') plus the suffix '-els'.