From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS.
byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli
sepulcher.]
1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.]
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The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and
biriels weren opened. --Wycliff
[Matt. xxvii.
51, 52].
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2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth,
in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with
attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. "To give a
public burial." --Shak.
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Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson.
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Burial case, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to
close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.
Burial ground, a piece of ground selected and set apart for
a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by
religious ceremonies.
Burial place, any place where burials are made.
Burial service.
(a) The religious service performed at the interment of
the dead; a funeral service.
(b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an
interment; as, the English burial service.
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Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial ground
n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery,
graveyard, burial site, burial ground, {burying
ground}, memorial park, necropolis]