Burial
A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
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.
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Burial Quotations
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
Christopher Marlowe
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
Alfred Hitchcock
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
Jon Porter
So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.
George Jean Nathan
It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do.
Harold Brodkey
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.
Tony Hillerman
By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Premature burial works just fine as a cure for adolescence.
George Alec Effinger
Burial Translations
burial in French is enterrement
burial in Italian is tomba
burial in Norwegian is begravelse
burial in Swedish is begravning
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