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  • 51Burial case — 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.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels… …

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  • 52Burial place — 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.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels… …

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  • 53Burial service — 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.] [1913 Webster] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels… …

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  • 54natural burial ground — noun land set aside as an environmentally friendly cemetery, with natural or replanted vegetation, and traditional headstones replaced by ground level markers, the public being given access to the whole area …

  • 55Burial Hill — William Bradford s grave on Plymouth Burial Hill Burial Hill is a hill containing a historic cemetery (burying ground) in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The burial ground is the burial site of several Pilgrims. The cemetery was founded in the 17th… …

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  • 56ground — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 solid surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, hard, solid ▪ muddy, soft ▪ damp, wet …

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  • 57burial, irregular —    Traditionally, outcasts in life were outcasts in death. In early modern England, The infliction of damage upon the corpses of executed criminals the quartering of traitors, and the use of dissection upon murderers historically constituted a… …

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  • 58burial site — noun a tract of land used for burials • Syn: ↑cemetery, ↑graveyard, ↑burial ground, ↑burying ground, ↑memorial park, ↑necropolis • Hypernyms: ↑site, ↑land site …

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  • 59Burial Act 1857 — The Burial Act 1857 is a British law. It was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1857. Its purpose is to regulate burial grounds. It regulates where and how deceased people may be buried, and provides for the exhumation of remains …

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  • 60burial-place — burˈial place noun 1. A burial ground 2. The place where anyone is buried • • • Main Entry: ↑burial …

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