BURIAL, noun ber'rial. [See Bury.] The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water. 1. The act of placing any thing under earth or water; as, to bury see in the earth. 2. The church service for funerals.
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