burial-place

  • 41burial — noun 1》 the burying of a dead body.     ↘a funeral. 2》 Archaeology a grave or the remains found in it. Origin OE byrgels place of burial, grave , of Gmc origin; related to bury …

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  • 42place of burial — A cemetery; a burial plot; sometimes the open sea. Brambir v Cunard White Star Ltd. (DC NY) 37 F Supp 906, affd (CA2) 119 F2d 419 …

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  • 43burial at sea — a funeral ceremony that takes place on a ship, in which the dead person s body is dropped into the sea …

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  • 44burial — /ˈbɛriəl / (say bereeuhl) noun the act of burying. {bury + al2 (compare funeral); replacing Middle English buriel, Old English byrgels burying place} …

  • 45Christian Burial —     Christian Burial     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Burial     The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites in consecrated ground. The Jews and most of the nations of antiquity buried their dead. Amongst the Greeks and… …

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  • 46Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London — Ye Antientist Burial Ground: In this ancient cemetery, the graves are irregularly disposed, crowding upon each other without avenues or spaces between families, and most of the head stones are either rude in form and material, or quaint and… …

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  • 47Burying place — Burying ground Bur y*ing ground , Burying place Bur y*ing place . The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 48Christian burial — Ascension Parish burial ground, Cambridge, UK. A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian ecclesiastical rites; typically, in consecrated ground. Until recent times Christians generally objected to cremation …

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  • 49Sky burial — or ritual dissection was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan the… …

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  • 50Myles Standish Burial Ground — Standish grave site at Myles Standish Burial Ground Details Year established c. 1638 Country …

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