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Burial :: Burial (n.) A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Obsequy :: Obsequy (n.) The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural..

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..

Casket :: Casket (n.) A kind of burial case.

Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.

Entombment :: Entombment (n.) The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial..

Urn :: Urn (n.) Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave.

Sepelition :: Sepelition (n.) Burial.

Exequy :: Exequy (n.) A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

Sepelible :: Sepelible (a.) Admitting of burial.

Funereal :: Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

Interment :: Interment (v. t.) The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.

Carnary :: Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house..

Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.

Officiant :: Officiant (n.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office..

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

Service :: Service (n.) Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service..

Necropolis :: Necropolis (n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard..

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