Burial
Burial noun - The act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place.
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Synonyms for Burial
Funeral rites and burial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Funeral rites" instead a noun "Burial".
Nearby Word: buried
Funeral rites
Burial and funeral rites are semantically related. You can use "Burial" instead a noun phrase "Funeral rites".
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- funeral and burial
- funeral and funeral rites
- interment and burial
- interment and funeral rites
- last rites and burial
- last rites and funeral rites
- sepulture and burial
- sepulture and funeral rites
- burying and burial
- burying and funeral rites
- entombment and burial
- entombment and funeral rites
- inhumation and burial
- inhumation and funeral rites
Both terms in one sentence
- In Connie Willis' Doomsday Book, the abbreviated funeral rites instituted for the Black Death require that the church bell be tolled after each burial: nine times for a man, thrice for a woman and once for a child.
Source: For Doom the Bell Tolls
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