BURIAL
\bˈɛɹɪəl], \bˈɛɹɪəl], \b_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l]\
Definitions of BURIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
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- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
By Oddity Software
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The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
By Noah Webster.
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The act or ceremony of putting a corpse into the ground or a vault, or into the sea. The custom of burial is primeval and omnipresent in all cultures and civilizations, generally accompanied by ceremonial rites.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of burying; interment.
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The act of burying, especially a dead person; a funeral. Burial-place, a place set apart for burial. Burial-service, the Church service for burials.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of burying; interment.
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See under bury.
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The act of laying a dead body in the earth, in a tomb, in a vault, or among water, as at sea.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By James Champlin Fernald
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