Definition of burial Burial

/bɛˈɹiʌl/ - [bereeul] - bur•i•al

We found 9 definitions of burial from 7 different sources.

What does burial mean?

Noun Plural: burials
burial - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
		entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture
		funeral a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
burial - concealing something under the ground
		burying
		concealing, hiding, concealment the state of being hidden; "he went into hiding"

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

burial
ber′i-al, n. the act of laying a dead body in the grave: interment.—ns. Bur′ial-aisle, an aisle in a church used for burials; Bur′ial-ground, Bur′ial-place, a piece of ground set apart for burying.—Burial service, a religious service or form of ritual accompanying a burial; Burial society, an insurance society for providing the expenses of burial. [A.S. byrgels, a tomb. See Bury.]

Burial is the act of placing an object or human into the ground. The burial of objects can also be called interment. The burial of dead humans can also be called inhumation.

Human bodies are usually buried in a cemetery. It is common practice in many places to put bodies into a coffin and place the coffin into a grave. The grave is then usually marked with a headstone so that people know who is there and can visit them.

In the past, often during times of war, many bodies have been placed into the same grave without coffins. This is called a "mass burial" or a "mass grave".