inurn
Place in vessel
To inurn is to place ashes in an urn after cremation.
The word parallels *inter* (to bury a body) but applies specifically to cremated remains: Her ashes were inurned at the family mausoleum.
Inurnment is the corresponding noun for the ceremony or act.
Incinerated bodily remains
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- cineraryRelating to ashes
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
- nicheRecessed wall space
scattering · crematory · incineration · pyre · remains · reliquary · crematorium · bone fragments
Placing in a sepulcher
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
sepulcher · grave · catacomb · ossuary · cemetery · necropolis · burial ground · graveyard
Act of entrusting custody
- funeral serviceCeremony for the deceased
- memorial serviceEvent honoring the deceased
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
chapel · graveside · clergy · officiant · procession · mourners · pallbearers · prayer
State following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- wakePath left in water
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
remembrance · tribute · memorial · commemoration · loss · sorrow · farewell · homage
cremains
Incinerated bodily remains
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- cineraryRelating to ashes
- columbariumStructure housing cremated remains
niche · scattering · crematory · incineration · pyre · remains · reliquary · crematorium · bone fragments
entombment
Placing in a sepulcher
mausoleum · sepulcher · grave · catacomb · ossuary · cemetery · necropolis · burial ground · graveyard · charnel house
committal
Act of entrusting custody
- funeral serviceCeremony for the deceased
- memorial serviceEvent honoring the deceased
- eulogyTribute for the dead
ritual · chapel · graveside · clergy · officiant · procession · mourners · pallbearers · prayer · rites
bereavement
State following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- wakePath left in water
visitation · remembrance · tribute · memorial · commemoration · loss · sorrow · farewell · homage · honor