[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

burial \bur"ial\, n. oe. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, as.
   byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to os. burgisli
   sepulcher.
   1. a grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. obs.
      1913 webster

            the erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and
            biriels weren opened.                 --wycliff
                                                  matt. xxvii.
                                                  51, 52.
      1913 webster

   2. 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. "to give a
      public burial." --shak.
      1913 webster

            now to glorious burial slowly borne.  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   burial case, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to
      close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.

   burial ground, a piece of ground selected and set apart for
      a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by
      religious ceremonies.

   burial place, any place where burials are made.

   burial service.
      a the religious service performed at the interment of
          the dead; a funeral service.
      b that portion of a liturgy which is read at an
          interment; as, the english burial service.
          1913 webster

   syn: sepulture; interment; inhumation.
        1913 webster
see also:
burial case burial ground burial place burial service 

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