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Noun: burial  be-ree-ul
  1. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    - entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture
     
  2. Concealing something under the ground
    - burying

Derived forms: burials

See also: bury

Type of: concealing, concealment, funeral, hiding

Encyclopedia: Burial Burial, Christian

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