burial

[ ber-ee-uhl ]

noun

1. the act or ceremony of burying.
2. the place of burying; grave.

burial

/ ˈbɛrɪəl /

noun

1. the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body

Other Words From

• re·buri·al noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of burial¹

First recorded in 1200–50; bury + -al ²; replacing Middle English buriel, back formation from Old English byrgels “burial place,” from byrg(an) “to bury” + -els(e), noun suffix ( riddle ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of burial¹

Old English byrgels burial place, tomb; see bury , -al ²

Example Sentences

Nicola went through their burial reports, and found just one man had been buried wearing sergeant stripes from the Gloucester Regiment, as well as one major.

From BBC

The find was enough to confirm Logan's burial site, allowing for a headstone to be placed at a ceremony in 2016, finally marking Logan's resting place 122 years after the striker flew highest.

From BBC

In Texas, the county subject to the NBC investigation changed its policy to provide burial or cremation for unclaimed bodies.

From Salon

Each burial or cremation can cost thousands of dollars, and the new policy in a single Texas county, for example, will cost it $675,000 a year.

From Salon

They were anguished enough by the death of their child that they saw to it that he was buried beneath two stone slabs in a cave, where the depth and method of burial preserved his remains to the extent that his teeth were recovered along with enough other skeletal material to make DNA analysis possible.

From Salon

Related Words

• funeral
• interment