Wondering how to use Burial in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as entombment or inhumation.
Burial meaning
The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
Synonyms of Burial
Using Burial
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- Useful related words include: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture.
- In the example corpus, burial often appears in combinations such as: burial will, the burial, burial in.
Context around Burial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burial
- In this selection, "burial" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, christian, mass, proposed, report, site and holy stand out and add context to how "burial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of christian burial will be and church with burial to follow. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burial" sits close to words such as blast, connor and oliver, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The burial that we give to Anthony is a temporary burial. (11 words)
Burial, removal and reburial Hindenburg's original 1934 burial at the Tannenberg Memorial. (13 words)
Excludes homes, car, burial plot up to $1,500 in burial account, household and personal items. (16 words)
Her funeral will be on Wednesday at 10 a.m. from Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home, 430 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, to SS Peter and Paul Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Burial of cremains will follow in Calvary Cemetery. (47 words)
He spent the last part of his active ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in West Islip, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the parish church on Nov. 25. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. (40 words)
Changes took place in burial customs, a new type of burial ground spread from Germanic to Estonian areas, and stone cist graves and cremation burials became increasingly common, alongside a small number of boat-shaped stone graves. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2021 Cremation and Burial Report, the national median cost of a funeral with a viewing and burial in the United States is $7,848.
A mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, March 23 in Saint Ferdinand Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
However, Thursday’s mass burial in Churachandpur was postponed after the Manipur High Court ordered to maintain status-quo at the proposed burial site.
Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m., May 5, St. Augustine Catholic Church, Augusta, then burial, Holy Family Cemetery, Augusta.
You may have to attend the next burial with the dress in your wardrobe and not the uniform they are selling for the burial ceremony.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Sept. 17, at St. Maximilian Kolbe, 150 Black Point Rd., Scarborough, with burial to immediately follow at Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Sept. 16 at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Nazareth, Ky. Burial followed in Nazareth Cemetery.
The site is characterized by a single large pit that contains ten burial chambers arranged in a linear sequence, indicating a mass burial event.
The burial that we give to Anthony is a temporary burial.
A Mass of Christian Burial with Fr. Kyle Berens officiating will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, May 24, 2019 at the St. Xavier Catholic Church with burial to follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Excludes homes, car, burial plot up to $1,500 in burial account, household and personal items.
He spent the last part of his active ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in West Islip, N.Y. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the parish church on Nov. 25. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Zapu secretary Strike Mnkandla, who is leading the preparations for Dabengwa’s burial, said a number of foreign dignitaries are expected to attend the burial.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 19, at St. Thomas Church, 1 E. Main St., Thomaston, followed by burial at St. Thomas Cemetery.
Her funeral will be on Wednesday at 10 a.m. from Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home, 430 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, to SS Peter and Paul Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Burial of cremains will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Burial at sea " Burial at sea " in past generations has meant the deliberate disposal of a corpse into the ocean, wrapped and tied with weights to make sure it sinks.
Burial Burial of food can preserve it due to a variety of factors: lack of light, lack of oxygen, cool temperatures, pH level, or desiccants in the soil.
Burial, removal and reburial Hindenburg's original 1934 burial at the Tannenberg Memorial.
Changes took place in burial customs, a new type of burial ground spread from Germanic to Estonian areas, and stone cist graves and cremation burials became increasingly common, alongside a small number of boat-shaped stone graves.
Cremation is the preferred method of disposal, although if this is not possible other methods such as burial, or burial at sea, are acceptable.
Common combinations with burial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- burial will 39×
- the burial 28×
- burial in 18×
- christian burial 14×
- burial ground 13×
- by burial 12×
- burial site 11×
- for burial 11×
- burial at 10×
- and burial 8×