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[ noun ] the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Synonyms Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Burial had taken_place at night in the ground at the public crossroads under the gibbet , so that his enemies could not find his body and have it dug_up and burned . The Abbot of St._Eloi , Claude_de_Mommor , had been a good friend , but not even he thought Charles deserved burial in hallowed ground . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)They took Jesus 's body , then , and wrapped it in winding-clothes with the spices ; that is how the Jews prepare a body for burial . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)Those who had driven hundreds of miles for the burial would not go_home , for she might die any time ; but they might as_well unpack their suitcases , for she might linger on . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)The place had been cheap - just the little he had left after Amelia 's burial - and it would serve its purpose . |
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[ noun ] concealing something under the ground
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