interment

[ in-tur-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act or ceremony of interring; burial.

interment

/ ɪnˈtɜːmənt /

noun

1. burial, esp with ceremonial rites

Other Words From

• rein·terment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interment¹

1300–50; inter + -ment; replacing Middle English enter ( e ) ment < Middle French enterrement

Example Sentences

Michele Castañeda-Martinez’s job as a division administrator for the county’s Department of Public Health includes ensuring a proper cremation and interment of the ashes of people who die such lonesome deaths.

From Seattle Times

Military veterans are entitled to interment at a national or state cemetery, but White Tanks becomes the final resting place for hundreds of people annually, with 513 burials there last year.

From Seattle Times

In the present life as a public interment ground, Wilmington Cemetery ticked all the check marks of far too many historic cemeteries in need of remedial care: neglect as families died off or departed, poor management and even poorer maintenance, an unending series of owners.

From Los Angeles Times

“This moment,” said the Rev. Jesse Wendell Mapson, a local pastor involved in planning the commemoration and interment of the 19, “has not come without some pain, discomfort and tension.”

From New York Times

“After 200 years of being on display and subject to scientific testing, these individuals deserve an interment with all the dignity and respect that we can give them,” says Penn Museum Director Christopher Woods.

From Science Magazine