burial
bur·ial [burial burials] BrE [ˈberiəl] NAmE [ˈberiəl] noun uncountable, countable
the act or ceremony of burying a dead body
•a burial place/mound/site
•Her body was sent home for burial.
•His family insisted he should be given a proper burial.
•baptism, marriage and burial services
Word Origin:
Old English byrgels ‘place of burial, grave’ (interpreted as plural in Middle English, hence the loss of the final -s), of Germanic origin; related to ↑bury.
Example Bank:
•His body was returned home for burial.
•There were objections to the body's burial in consecrated ground.
•We want to give him a decent Christian burial.
•disturbing an ancient burial site
•preventing the body's burial in consecrated ground
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