Burial
noun
The act of placing a dead body in a tomb or grave.
After his death, his body was prepared for burial.
Often appears as...
- burial site
- burial ground
noun
In geology, the process of covering a thing with sediment.
The fossils underwent burial over thousands of years.
Often appears as...
- sediment burial
- fossil burial
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noun
The act of placing a dead body in a tomb or grave.
After his death, his body was prepared for burial.
Often appears as...
- burial site
- burial ground
noun
In geology, the process of covering a thing with sediment.
The fossils underwent burial over thousands of years.
Often appears as...
- sediment burial
- fossil burial
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Burial customs vary globally. Learn about local traditions to avoid offending when talking about burials.
In some cultures, burial involves several days of ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Underground
'Burial' doesn't always mean underground; it can refer to entombment in structures like mausoleums.
The pharaohs of Egypt were buried in grand tombs, not in the earth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Sometimes 'burial' is used metaphorically to mean the end or hiding of something.
The project's failure led to the burial of his career potential.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Burial customs vary globally. Learn about local traditions to avoid offending when talking about burials.
In some cultures, burial involves several days of ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Underground
'Burial' doesn't always mean underground; it can refer to entombment in structures like mausoleums.
The pharaohs of Egypt were buried in grand tombs, not in the earth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Sometimes 'burial' is used metaphorically to mean the end or hiding of something.
The project's failure led to the burial of his career potential.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Burial customs vary globally. Learn about local traditions to avoid offending when talking about burials.
In some cultures, burial involves several days of ceremonies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Underground
'Burial' doesn't always mean underground; it can refer to entombment in structures like mausoleums.
The pharaohs of Egypt were buried in grand tombs, not in the earth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
Sometimes 'burial' is used metaphorically to mean the end or hiding of something.
The project's failure led to the burial of his career potential.
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What happens when a city...
they're all of the hospitals and hospices and mortuaries and cemeteries in the city. In fact, the majority are cemeteries. We wanted to show that, even though death and burial are things that we might not think about, they're all around us, and they're important parts of our cities.
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5 Things You Need to...
remains you know you can you know be with with the green burial concept where you're returning your body to earth to nourish the earth you can be put into a mushroom suit where the fungus of the mushroom will actually help to expedite the decomposition of the human body you
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Discovering Wildlife in...
in the entire place was so the really richest people. Consider that right, two hundred and eighty two thousand people are buried in this cemetery and these are all the most expensive burials. So there are some really important people from history in here.
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African Stonehenge? PIPE...
Skull and Bones fills the inner circle but the outer circle contains a different pattern ceramic pots on top of Jawbone's the pots may have held offerings for the afterlife this explanation of multiple burials for the dead goes against what
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What happens to our...
that might help with the space issue? In some countries, skyscraper cemeteries enable vertical burials. Some options focus on the body's relationship with the environment. Promession, for example, freeze-dries and pulverizes the body,
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The Japanese folktale of...
And so, they buried the old woman together, to ensure her safe passage into the spirit world. The burial was complete, but the taboo of death weighed heavily on the scholar. How could he have been so foolish,
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Why elephants never...
is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead, performing burial rituals and returning to visit graves.
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The impact of Simón...
Columbia banished him forever Venezuela would not allow him to come home the doctor who prepared his bit his body for burial had to borrow a shirt for his corpse few heroes in history have been dealt so
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Mexican Witchcraft PIPE...
purses fly powered by wing of bat and tongue of pig witches bind hexes and black ribbon ready for burial and a human braid curses like these are all too familiar to doctor zabaleta as part
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The fascinating history...
toward graves designed to honor the dead, and burial became more common. Sometimes, these graves contained practical or ritual objects, suggesting belief in an afterlife
Video examples
What happens when a city...
they're all of the hospitals and hospices and mortuaries and cemeteries in the city. In fact, the majority are cemeteries. We wanted to show that, even though death and burial are things that we might not think about, they're all around us, and they're important parts of our cities.
Video examples
5 Things You Need to...
remains you know you can you know be with with the green burial concept where you're returning your body to earth to nourish the earth you can be put into a mushroom suit where the fungus of the mushroom will actually help to expedite the decomposition of the human body you
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
in the entire place was so the really richest people. Consider that right, two hundred and eighty two thousand people are buried in this cemetery and these are all the most expensive burials. So there are some really important people from history in here.
Video examples
African Stonehenge? PIPE...
Skull and Bones fills the inner circle but the outer circle contains a different pattern ceramic pots on top of Jawbone's the pots may have held offerings for the afterlife this explanation of multiple burials for the dead goes against what
Video examples
What happens to our...
that might help with the space issue? In some countries, skyscraper cemeteries enable vertical burials. Some options focus on the body's relationship with the environment. Promession, for example, freeze-dries and pulverizes the body,
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
And so, they buried the old woman together, to ensure her safe passage into the spirit world. The burial was complete, but the taboo of death weighed heavily on the scholar. How could he have been so foolish,
Video examples
Why elephants never...
is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead, performing burial rituals and returning to visit graves.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
Columbia banished him forever Venezuela would not allow him to come home the doctor who prepared his bit his body for burial had to borrow a shirt for his corpse few heroes in history have been dealt so
Video examples
Mexican Witchcraft PIPE...
purses fly powered by wing of bat and tongue of pig witches bind hexes and black ribbon ready for burial and a human braid curses like these are all too familiar to doctor zabaleta as part
Video examples
The fascinating history...
toward graves designed to honor the dead, and burial became more common. Sometimes, these graves contained practical or ritual objects, suggesting belief in an afterlife
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Phil Robertson
American Celebrity
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because it's of first importance. And I make sure it's of first importance with anyone I'm talking to. It all comes down to that, really, when you get right down to it. So it's not complex. Jesus removed our sins and guarantees we can be raised from the dead.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
I don't believe in funerals. I believe in celebrating life, and showing people, while they're alive, how much I care about them. And I don't believe in this business of burial. I'm an organ donor. Whether its my skin or my eyeballs, use whatever bits are intact and put the rest in the garbage.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
My parent's house, to be honest, is like a snail's disco. It's a fine house but my parents are very eccentric. Also that house might be built on an Ancient Egyptian burial ground or something, because the plague of insects that hit that house as we were growing up.
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Tony Hillerman
American Author
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.
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Jon Porter
American Politician
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
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Harold Brodkey
American Author
It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.
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Ayman Odeh
Israeli Politician
A man who dies, no matter how terrible his crime was, must be brought to burial.
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Caitlin Doughty
American Activist
I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
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Phil Robertson
American Celebrity
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because it's of first importance. And I make sure it's of first importance with anyone I'm talking to. It all comes down to that, really, when you get right down to it. So it's not complex. Jesus removed our sins and guarantees we can be raised from the dead.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
I don't believe in funerals. I believe in celebrating life, and showing people, while they're alive, how much I care about them. And I don't believe in this business of burial. I'm an organ donor. Whether its my skin or my eyeballs, use whatever bits are intact and put the rest in the garbage.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
My parent's house, to be honest, is like a snail's disco. It's a fine house but my parents are very eccentric. Also that house might be built on an Ancient Egyptian burial ground or something, because the plague of insects that hit that house as we were growing up.
Quote examples
Tony Hillerman
American Author
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.
Quote examples
Jon Porter
American Politician
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
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Harold Brodkey
American Author
It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.
Quote examples
Ayman Odeh
Israeli Politician
A man who dies, no matter how terrible his crime was, must be brought to burial.
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Caitlin Doughty
American Activist
I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
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