Burying
Burying noun - The act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place.
Usage example: all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland
Interment
Interment noun - The act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place.
Usage example: a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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Synonyms for Interment
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- burial and burying
- burial and interment
- deposition and burying
- deposition and interment
- hiding and burying
- hiding and interment
- funeral and burying
- funeral and interment
- last rites and burying
- last rites and interment
- sepulture and burying
- sepulture and interment
- entombment and burying
- entombment and interment
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