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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.]
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A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.]
The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened.
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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. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson. 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.
The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service.
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That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.
Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c.1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els; a compound also found in Old Saxon burgisli, suggesting a Proto-Germanic *burgisli-, from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect" (see bury). The Germanic suffix *-isli- (also in Old English hydels "hiding place," fætels "bag") became obsolete and was felt as a the Latin-derived suffix -al (2) forming nouns of action from verbs (survival, approval, etc.).
Wiktionary
n. The act of burying; interment
WordNet
n. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture]
concealing something under the ground [syn: burying]
Wikipedia
Burial or ' interment' is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal, sometimes with objects, into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. Humans have been burying their dead for at least 100,000 years. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life.
Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; the use of containers for the dead such as a shrouds, caskets, grave liners, and burial vaults all of which can retard decomposition of the body. Sometimes objects or grave goods are buried with the body, which may be dressed in fancy or ceremonial garb. Depending on the culture, the way the body is positioned may have great significance.
The location of the burial may be determined taking into account concerns surrounding health and sanitation, religious concerns, and cultural practices. Some cultures keep the dead close to provide guidance to the living, while others "banish" them by locating burial grounds at a distance from inhabited areas. Some religions consecrate special ground to bury the dead, and some families build private family cemeteries. Most modern cultures document the location of graves with headstones, which may be inscribed with information and tributes to the deceased. However, some people are buried in anonymous or secret graves for various reasons. Sometimes multiple bodies are buried in a single grave either by choice (as in the case of married couples), due to space concerns, or in the case of mass graves as a way to deal with many bodies at once.
Alternatives to burial may include cremation, burial at sea, promession, cryopreservation, and others. Some human cultures may bury the remains of beloved animals. Humans are not the only species which bury their dead; the practice has been observed in chimpanzees, elephants, and possibly dogs.
Burial is an album by Death in June, released in 1984. It contains two sides, the first is a studio recording and the second is a live recording at the Clarendon Hotel, London on October 6, 1983. The album was reissued in 1994 with slightly different artwork, remastered and reissued in 2006 in Digipak format with altered artwork. The album was also re-released in 2010 by Soleilmoon Recordings as a limited edition picture disk LP with bonus 7" picture disk single.
Burial is the act of placing a person or object into the ground.
Burial may also refer to:
- Burial (wrestling), a professional wrestling angle
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Burial (musician), a musician
- Burial (Burial album)
- Burial (Death in June album)
- Burial (Extol album)
- "Burial", a song from Miike Snow's 2009 album Miike Snow (album)
Burial is the first album by the Norwegian Christian metal band Extol. It was released on Endtime Productions and then Solid State Records the following year. According to Allmusic, Burial was "a breath of fresh air among a genre that relies on satanic gimmicks", and marked a renewal in the Christian metal scene. In 2010, HM magazine ranked it #13 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list.
William Emmanuel Bevan, known by his recording alias Burial, is an electronic recording artist from South London. Bevan was the first artist signed to Kode9's electronic label Hyperdub, and initially remained anonymous. Drawing inspiration from 90's UK rave music and pirate radio culture, he released his eponymous debut album in 2006, for which he won widespread acclaim, including the album of the year award by The Wire. Burial's second album, Untrue, was released to critical acclaim in 2007. In 2008, Bevan's identity was revealed by The Independent. In recent years, he has gone on to collaborate with artists such as Four Tet, Massive Attack, Thom Yorke and Zomby in addition to having released a series of acclaimed long-form EPs.
Burial is the debut studio album of dubstep producer Burial. It was released in 2006 on Kode9's Hyperdub records. The album's sound draws on various forms of UK rave music, including 2-step, jungle, and UK garage. It received critical acclaim, with The Wire magazine naming it their album of the year, and its being ranked fifth in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list and eighteenth in the best of the year list of The Observer Music Monthly supplement. As of October 2013, it is number 391 on NME's " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Usage examples of "burial".
But, if the victims of Tiberius and Nero anticipated the decree of the prince or senate, their courage and despatch were recompensed by the applause of the public, the decent honors of burial, and the validity of their testaments.
I had blundered onto a hidden loculus in that tomb, and found a burial no one else had.
Kirk agreed, and fell into a thoughtful silence as he considered the simple burial ceremony that he had conducted for Maslin on the shores of that silver sea.
If the synagogue knew nothing of this burial, no Jew in the Mellah would be found so poor that he would have need to know more.
We knew now that some terrible extension of the camp horrors must have crawled into this nighted burial place of the aeons, hence could not doubt any longer the existence of nameless conditions--present or at least recent just ahead.
I was less a partaker of their ploys and banquets, either at birth, bridal, or burial.
It was fitting and moving to hear Quinton read the burial service over the intercom while Ainslie and the bridge lookouts did the rest.
In attempting to discredit the testimony of Elliott and Heys, who said no signs of burial were evident at Galley Hill, Oakley and Montagu offered several arguments in addition to their chemical and radiometric tests.
Out of lead and tin, he fashioned hollow images of nude men, filled them with earth collected from the center and four corners of France, inscribed the foreheads with the names of King Edward or one of his captains, and, when the constellations were right, buried them face down while he recited spells to the effect that this was perpetual expulsion, annihilation, and burial of the said King, captains, and all adherents.
Watson of the University of London said the completeness of the skeleton found by Reck clearly indicated it was a recent burial.
In the middle of the month, after a fifth trooper had died to a grief-stricken warrior, Scapula ordered that the executed natives should be denied their burial rites and their bodies hung instead outside the steadings as a warning.
Down the beach, Soli whistled to his dogs, a reminder that soon the forest would be dark, that we had no time for burials.
Jesus with the spikenard, an unguent that had, very likely, been kept for that specific occasion, and was an ointment associated with burial rites.
Not a stiver in his pockets, nor as much as a sleeve-link to help pay for the burial.
The holographic tomb robbers, having trashed the burial chamber, were now approaching the open sarcophagus itself.