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Meanings of interment in inglés

portugués
inumação
catalán
sepeli
español
entierro
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The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.

        entierro
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        Examples for "burial"
        Examples for "burial"
        1
        He said a mass burial was held on Sunday for health reasons.
        News.com.au
        2
        Extended family members in Australia had taken responsibility for Mr Karami's burial.
        Radio NZ
        3
        US officials have given two reasons why a sea burial was chosen.
        BBC
        4
        Mass burial for the victims of the attacks takes place in Christchurch.
        Radio NZ
        5
        The lamentable burial took place in the evening as the shadows fell.
        The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
        1
        Then the box was lifted and the work of sepulture went on.
        Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
        2
        The place of his sepulture, however, is still known, and pointed out.
        Life of George Washington — Volume 01
        3
        His body was brought for sepulture to Tyringham church, near Newport Pagnel.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
        4
        Euripides had his tomb in Africa, but his sepulture in Macedonia.
        Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
        5
        The body-snatcher was to be punished by death and the lack of sepulture.
        The Danish History, Books I-IX
        1
        Today, the men who survived those 68 days of entombment are heroes.
        The Guardian
        2
        New Orleans has a high water table, making in-ground entombment impossible.
        Sins of the Fathers
        3
        Residence at the Villa Beau-séjour had almost seemed an entombment of the living.
        Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement
        4
        In the beginning years of Justin's cryonic entombment the Moon had decreased in stature.
        The unincorporated man
        5
        From the moment of the bodies' entombment, all those that were in Halls days.
        Scorched Earth: A Future History of Planet Earth
        1
        With the above brief references to inhumation, let us leave the subject.
        Life on the Mississippi
        2
        A living inhumation, where the body exists but as the spirit's sepulchre!
        Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
        3
        The inhumation was effected at night by the widow alone.
        The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain
        4
        The triple inhumation at Dolní Vestonice, in today's Czech Republic, has elicited much comment.
        Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
        5
        At supper, after the inhumation, a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21
        Usage of interment in inglés
        1
        We had the piles of coffins waiting for interment in the churchyard.
        Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
        2
        He remained in the city for four days:-untilthe interment was over.
        The Genius
        3
        No date has been set for the interment at National Heroes' Park.
        Jamaica Observer
        4
        Let's hope that he also presided over the interment of his ashes.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The Hibbert family decided against an interment at his birthplace in Clarendon.
        Jamaica Observer
        6
        The bodies of the two gentlemen will be brought home for interment.
        Coralie / Everyday Life Library No. 2
        7
        If the interment is in a vault, a metallic casket is obligatory.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        8
        The body has been handed over to the American consul for interment.
        The Lion and the Unicorn
        9
        The bodies rested till the allotted time for final interment came round.
        The Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
        10
        On the following page are represented their sepulchres and manner of interment.
        Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
        11
        In Germany, interment is forbidden by law for three days after death.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
        12
        Châteaufort's administration began on the day of the interment, probably the 28th.
        Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
        13
        Two expensive horses had been sacrificed as part of the interment ritual.
        News.com.au
        14
        At dawn, they prepared the body of old Kamaiakan for its interment.
        The Golden Fleece: A Romance
        15
        Every town throughout Egypt had its place of interment for canine mummies.
        Dogs and All about Them
        16
        I kept my eyes roving, watching for critters or signs of interment.
        Fatal Voyage
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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