interment
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English
Etymology
From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɝmənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənt
Noun
interment (countable and uncountable, plural interments)
- The act of burying a dead body; burial.
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 101:
- In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield, although not of the usual figure-of-eight shape. A false neck vase, however, that belongs almost certainly to the same interment is, in shape and design, similar to one found at Muliana in company with two late bronze broadswords, and bronze brooches like those found at Thunder Hill.
- 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 784:
- She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 189:
- The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:interment
Translations
The act of burying a dead body; burial
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