inurnment
Ashes placed ceremonially
Inurnment is the placing of cremated remains in an urn, or the placing of that urn in its final resting place—typically a columbarium niche or burial plot.
The term parallels interment (burial of a body) but applies specifically to ashes: The inurnment ceremony was brief and private.
Structure housing cremated remains
- nicheRecessed wall space
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- vaultSecure storage chamber
ossuary · tomb · alcove · chamber · sepulcher · necropolis · catacomb · cemetery
Incinerated bodily remains
Service honoring the dead
- serviceAid or maintenance
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- obsequiesFormal burial rites
mourners · chapel · committal · last rites · farewell · pallbearers · officiant · prayer
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
legacy · keepsake · memento · plaque · inscription · dedication · marker · engraving
columbarium
Structure housing cremated remains
vault · ossuary · tomb · alcove · chamber · sepulcher · necropolis · catacomb · cemetery · memorial wall
cremains
Incinerated bodily remains
funeral
Service honoring the dead
obsequies · mourners · chapel · committal · last rites · farewell · pallbearers · officiant · prayer · ritual
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
obituary · legacy · keepsake · memento · plaque · inscription · dedication · marker · engraving
inurnmentinterment
Putting a body underground
entombment · burial · earth burial · green burial · natural burial
intern, urn, interns, internment, interned, interning, inurn