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bur·i·al
/ ˈberēəl/
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n.
the action or practice of interring a dead body:
his remains were shipped home for burial.
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a ceremony at which someone's body is interred; a funeral:
[as adj.]
burial rites.
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Archaeol.
a grave or the remains found in it:
[as adj.]
burial mounds.
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Burial Registration Mines-30 Years of Seafloor Research
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that Lead to Permanent or Temporary Burial of Ground Mines Thirty years ago...oceanographic instrumentation: the burial registration mine. Its objective is the study of processes that lead to the burial of mines into the seafloor. The system...
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Burial grounds designated outside purview of Orthodox
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 3/19/1995; ; 615 words
; ...providing Israelis with burials outside the purview of...Committee for Alternate Burial, which is headed by...grounds for alternate burials near an existing cemetery...by Menuha Nehona, the burial society that offers non...Orthodox and non-religious burials. Menuha Nehona is affiliated...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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BURIAL MOUNDS FOUND THE DISCOVERY WILL HALT DEVELOPMENT AT THE HOME OF THE OLD ACADEMY BUILDING.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 12/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...three Native American burial mounds. The discovery brings the total number of burials on the 15-acre property...River Falls. All human burial sites, including cemeteries...individuals belonged. The burial mounds are 800 to 2...effigy mounds were used as burials, but not every mound...
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Foreign burials in Late Bronze Age Palestine
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...third indigenous burial type-jar burials in pits within the...number of "foreign" burial types present in...which are larnax burials and double-pithos...presence of foreign burials: Gezer, specifically the larnax burial in Cave 1.10A...
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Burial Patterns and Cultural Diversity in Late Bronze Age Canaan.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...two, "Types and Burials" (pp. 9-31), she describes the main burial types characteristic...discusses eight types of burials: five are distinguished...basis of the types of burial containers. The...emergence of the pit-burial tradition in Canaan...have expected pit burials to be common ...
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 "The Independent (Bangladesh)")
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Burial space at a premium, THE INDEPENDENT
Newspaper article from: The Independent (Bangladesh); 6/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...general area which is earmarked for burial free of cost. In this general...every two or three years after burial to make room for further burials. Although pits in the general area are available free, burial in that area involves some amount...
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Mine Burial By Scour in Shallow Seas: Prediction and Experiments
Magazine article from: Sea Technology; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Scour Shows Promise Toward Forecasting Mine Burial in Sandy Bottoms Beginning in fiscal year...significantly improve the Navy's ability to predict burial of bottom-resting mines. Knowledge of mine burial states has strategic value to Navy mine countermeasure...
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Natural burial--the ultimate recycling: a green burial reduces environmental impact and conservation easements preserve our open spaces.
Magazine article from: Natural Life; 3/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...service sometime after the burial. Since we first reported...phenomenon in 1994, green burials have become more popular...asked: "Which type of burial is most appealing...cemeteries hosting natural burials in California, Florida...and Texas. The Green Burial Council is working on...
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Vertical burial proposal puts Selangor in the spotlight
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/6/2003; ; 628 words
; ...think about vertical burials now?" Archibald was...initially allocated for burial grounds were converted...stacking bodies at burial grounds is applicable in places when burial areas are short. Archibald said such burials were known to have...
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ARLINGTON BURIAL ELIGIBILITY VETERANS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING:JOHN P. MCLAURIN, III & JOHN C. METZLER, JR
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 2/24/1998; 700+ words
; ...LEGISLATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BURIAL AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (ANC...INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT OF BURIAL POLICY AT ANC. TODAY, I AM REPRESENTING...HAS FUNCTIONED PRIMARILY AS A MILITARY BURIAL GROUND. OVER THE YEARS, THE SYMBOLIC...
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Burial Grounds
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Burial Grounds A burial ground is a place of interment. It is a tract of land, a yard, or...subterranean deposition of human remains. Often the objects of legend, burial grounds have varied throughout time according to the cultural practices...
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burial
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
burial disposal of a corpse in a grave...first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves...both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that...from touching the earth; this burial practice was continued by the...
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Burial Grounds, African
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...century. Within the African American burials, investigators noted the presence...Owsley et al. 1987). The African Burial Ground in New York City was in use...Blakey 1997). Analysis of over 140 burials recovered from the First African Baptist...
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burial services
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
burial services. Burial is the traditional Christian method of disposing of the dead. At first burials were occasions of joy; from about the...purification. By the later Middle Ages the burial itself, with committal prayers, was...
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Burial
Book article from: Space Sciences
Burial The first space burial took place on April 21, 1997...Many families choose the space burial because their loved ones had...increase of cremations over burials. The 1995 Wirthlin Report...expensive than a traditional burial. The next reason cited, by...
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