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
Sepulture
Sepulture noun - The act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place.
Usage example: the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed
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- burial and interment
- burial and sepulture
- deposition and interment
- deposition and sepulture
- funeral and interment
- funeral and sepulture
- last rites and interment
- last rites and sepulture
- burying and interment
- burying and sepulture
- entombment and interment
- entombment and sepulture
- inhumation and interment
- inhumation and sepulture
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