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  • 21Burial sites of European monarchs — This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their as well as well known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (f.ex …

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  • 22burial — bur•i•al [[t]ˈbɛr i əl[/t]] n. 1) the act or ceremony of burying 2) the place of burying; grave • Etymology: 1200–50; ME buriel, back formation from OE byrgels burial place =byrg(an) to bury+ els n. suffix; cf. riddle I …

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  • 23Place Kléber — The Place Kléber is the central square of Strasbourg, France.Place Kleber, the largest square at the center of the city of Strasbourg in the heart of the city s commercial area, was named after general Jean Baptiste Kléber, born in Strasbourg in… …

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  • 24burial —   Kanu, kanu ana.    ♦ Burial place where bones of chiefs were hidden, awaloa (rare) …

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  • 25burial ground — burial grounds N COUNT A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place. ...an ancient burial ground. Syn: graveyard …

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  • 26burial ground — burial ,ground noun count a place where dead people are buried, especially an ancient place …

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  • 27burial at sea — phrase a funeral ceremony that takes place on a ship, in which the dead person’s body is dropped into the sea Thesaurus: funerals and burialhyponym Main entry: burial …

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  • 28burial — act of burying, late 13c.; earlier tomb (c.1200), false singular from O.E. byrgels tomb, from byrgan to bury + suffix els; a compound also found in O.S. burgisli, suggesting a P.Gmc. *burgisli , from PIE *bhergh to hide, protect (see BURY (Cf.… …

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  • 29BURIAL — In the Bible Decent burial was regarded to be of great importance in ancient Israel, as in the rest of the ancient Near East. Not only the Egyptians, whose extravagant provision for the dead is well known, but also the peoples of Mesopotamia… …

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  • 30burial — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ decent, proper ▪ Christian, etc. VERB + BURIAL ▪ give sb ▪ We want to give him a decent Christian burial …

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