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Vinony

burial

noun

  1. ritual act of placing a dead person into the ground
  2. geological process in which sediment and later rock buried by the deposition of new sediments on top
  3. put in the ground
  4. process of depositing material underground or covering it with earth
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi.əl/ / /ˈbɝi.əl/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

  1. The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

    “His whole family was present at his burial.”

    “The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.”