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  • 71Burial liner — A Burial Liner, or Grave Liner is an enclosure that is placed over a coffin containing human remains, which is then buried in the ground. The casket serves as the inner enclosure of a deceased person; the liner serves as the outer enclosure.A… …

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  • 72Burial vault (enclosure) — For an underground tomb, see Burial vault (tomb) .A burial vault is a sturdy box designed to protect the coffin inside of it. The body is placed within the coffin, which is then placed inside the vault. Body, coffin, and vault are buried. A… …

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  • 73burial — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ decent, proper ▪ Christian, etc. VERB + BURIAL ▪ give sb ▪ We want to give him a decent Christian burial …

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  • 74ground — n. contested area 1) to gain ground on 2) to hold, stand one s ground 3) to give ground 4) to lose, yield ground soil terrain 5) to cover ground 6) firm, hard, solid; frozen; high; soft ground 7) hallowed, holy ground 8) on the ground intere …

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  • 75burial */ — UK [ˈberɪəl] / US noun Word forms burial : singular burial plural burials 1) [countable/uncountable] the process of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground at a funeral The family chose cremation rather than burial. burial rites a burial… …

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  • 76BURIAL — In the Bible Decent burial was regarded to be of great importance in ancient Israel, as in the rest of the ancient Near East. Not only the Egyptians, whose extravagant provision for the dead is well known, but also the peoples of Mesopotamia… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 77burial — bur|i|al [ beriəl ] noun * count or uncount the process of putting a dead body into a GRAVE in the ground at a funeral: The family chose cremation rather than burial. burial rites a burial mound a. uncount the act of burying something in the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 78ground —    associated with death    From the days when most corpses were buried rather than burned. Ground sweat was the dampness arising from the soil, whence burial and the adage A ground sweat cures all disorders . A ground lair was a family burial… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 79Burial —    The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron four hundred shekels of silver current money with the… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 80ground — ground1 W1S1 [graund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(earth)¦ 2¦(area of land)¦ 3¦(reason)¦ 4¦(subject)¦ 5¦(opinion)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ 7 hold/stand your ground 8 get off the ground 9 gain ground 10 lose ground …

    Dictionary of contemporary English