# burial

Pronunciation: say "BER-ee-uhl" US /ˈbɛɹiəl/, UK /ˈbɛɹɪəl/

## Noun

1. The act of burying a dead body, especially by placing the remains in the ground; interment.
   - Simple: The act of putting a dead body into the ground.
   - _The family chose a quiet hillside cemetery for the burial._
   - _In many cultures, burial must take place within a day of death._

## 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'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/burial (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).