burial
pronunciation
How to pronounce burial in British English:
UK [ˈberiəl]
How to pronounce burial in American English:
US [ˈberiəl]
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- Noun:
- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- concealing something under the ground
Word Origin
- burial (n.)
- "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 plural of the Latin-derived suffix -al (2) forming nouns of action from verbs (survival, approval, etc.).
Example
- 1. He ordered a full military burial for it .
- 2. I found a person who watched with him , and was present at his burial .
- 3. Before the burial the senator was eulogised by barack obama at a mass in boston .
- 4. A day later a nigerian senator and several other mourners were gunned down during a mass burial .
- 5. Driving with my two young boys to a funeral , I tried to prepare them by talking about burial and what we believe happens after death .