Definition of "burial" []

• The act or process of burying. (noun)

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• ""Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion.""
• "We finally talked to someone at SCI, a spokesperson there, who told us that the cemetery employees disclosed what they called burial issues in 2007, that SCI investigated and confirmed."
• "Unfortunately, it is likely that much of the money will go into what I call the burial fund--money to pay off workers to retire early and give up benefits; money to guarantee medical care; money for the infamous Jobs Bank that pays workers for years not to work."