ˈberēəl noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English berial, alteration (influenced by -al, n. suffix) of beriel, buryel, back-formation from beriels, buryels tomb (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb; derivative from the root of Old English byrgan to bury — more at bury
1. : a place of interment : grave , tomb
artifacts occurring in burials were few — G.W.Hewes
2.
a.
(1) : the act or ceremony of burying
the burial took place yesterday
(2) : the process of being buried
burial of the deposits by sediment
b. : the act or process of irrevocably dismissing, abandoning, or putting away : loss , abandonment
the burial of dangerous illusions — New York Times
3. : an interred human body or its remains — see primary burial , secondary burial