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Synonyms for burial

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ber-ee-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛr i əl

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Définition of burial

Origin :
  • "act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c.1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els; a compound also found in Old Saxon burgisli, suggesting a Proto-Germanic *burgisli-, from PIE *bhergh- "to hide, protect" (see bury). The Germanic suffix *-isli- (also in Old English hydels "hiding place," fætels "bag") became obsolete and was felt as a plural of the Latin-derived suffix -al (2) forming nouns of action from verbs (survival, approval, etc.).
  • noun laying in of dead body
Example sentences :
  • The burial took place at Mount Auburn on the ensuing Tuesday.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • For his fight with Finn, his death and burial, see under Finn.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • They were laid side by side in a long trench in the burial- ground.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • There is no doubt among antiquaries that they are connected with the burial of the dead.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • A family or a burial association needed a place of sepulchre.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Not a stiver in his pockets, nor as much as a sleeve-link to help pay for the burial.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • From the same root Merddin gives it the sense of burial—defossio.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • He had never seen a dead man or woman and he was unfamiliar with the rites of burial.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • They found it eventually, and brought it back in a cart for burial.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • He assisted at the burial of his cousin, Claude Lantier the artist.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

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