burying dead
Laying to rest
Burying dead is the practice of interring corpses in the ground, one of humanity's oldest funeral customs.
The phrase typically appears with the definite article: burying the dead.
It often carries ceremonial or religious significance, treating proper burial as a duty owed to the deceased.
The expression sometimes appears figuratively for letting go of past grievances or failed endeavors.
- funeralService honoring the dead
- funeral homeFacility for death services
- graveSerious and worrying
- six feet underDead and buried
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
coffin · open casket · tomb · mourning · interment · laying to rest · casket · eulogy · graveside service · dirt · dust to dust · shovel · flowers · headstone · ashes · graveyard · memorial · procession
burying deadcremation
Burning the deceased
cremating · incineration · sky burial · sea burial · burial at sea
burying deadmummification
Preserving bodies after death
embalming · cryopreservation · cryonics · plastination · preservation
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