/ ˈberiəl; NAmE / noun
[ U , C ] the act or ceremony of burying a dead body :
a burial place / mound / site
Her body was sent home for burial.
His family insisted he should be given a proper burial.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English byrgels place of burial, grave (interpreted as plural in Middle English , hence the loss of the final -s ), of Germanic origin; related to bury .