burials
Putting underground ceremonies
Burials is the plural of burial—the act of placing a dead body in the ground, a tomb, or the sea.
The word covers both the physical act and the ceremony surrounding it: The cemetery has conducted thousands of burials.
Burial extends to anything interred or hidden away: the burial of old grievances, the burial of evidence.
Place for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
sepulcher · vault · necropolis · catacomb · ossuary · charnel house · churchyard · memorial park
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
tombstone · gravestone · epitaph · sarcophagus · grave goods · funerary mask · death mask · pall
Putting a body underground
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- cremationBurning the deceased
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
mummification · exhumation · reburial · pyre
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- serviceAid or maintenance
- processionFormal moving line
- requiemMass for the deceased
memorial · last rites · vigil · committal · graveside service · pallbearers · eulogy · dirge
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
mourners · weeping · keening · sitting shiva · wearing black · mourning period · widow's weeds · memorial
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
tribe · family plot · dynasty · genealogy · veneration · ancestor worship · tomb sweeping · offerings
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- resurrectionRevival from death
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- underworldRealm of the departed
hereafter · eternal rest · paradise · judgment · crossing over · departed · passage · beyond
cemetery
Place for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
mausoleum · sepulcher · vault · necropolis · catacomb · ossuary · charnel house · churchyard · memorial park · columbarium
coffin
Burial container for remains
headstone · tombstone · gravestone · epitaph · sarcophagus · grave goods · funerary mask · death mask · pall · bier
interment
Putting a body underground
- entombmentPlacing in a sepulcher
- inhumationBurial of the dead
- cremationBurning the deceased
embalming · mummification · exhumation · reburial · pyre
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- wakePath left in water
- serviceAid or maintenance
- processionFormal moving line
requiem · memorial · last rites · vigil · committal · graveside service · pallbearers · eulogy · dirge · obsequies
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
grieving · mourners · weeping · keening · sitting shiva · wearing black · mourning period · widow's weeds · memorial · remembrance
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
clan · tribe · family plot · dynasty · genealogy · veneration · ancestor worship · tomb sweeping · offerings · spirit house
soul
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- resurrectionRevival from death
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
underworld · hereafter · eternal rest · paradise · judgment · crossing over · departed · passage · beyond · netherworld
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- death loredeath rituals, wakes, death knells, banshee, banshees
- Natufian cultureLevant, bone tools, grinding stones, mortars, pestles
- Neolithic Balkanstells, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Moldavia
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, headstones, headstone
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
burialscremations
Burning deceased bodies
cremation · incineration · sky burials · alkaline hydrolysis · mummification
burialsexhumations
Retrieval of buried corpses
unearthings · excavations · exposures · displays · sky burials
burialsbirths
Acts of being born
christenings · baptisms · birthings · baby showers · naming ceremonies
- burial vaultsSecure chambers for remains
- burial groundsLand for interring remains
- burial urnsContainers for cremated remains
- ancient burialOld entombment practice
- burial siteInterment location
- burial at seaOcean disposal of remains