ETYM Old Eng. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, from byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; SYN. entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture.
ETYM Late Lat. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, from Latin funus, funeris, funeral: cf. French funérailles.
A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
Interment; burial; sepulchre
ETYM Late Lat. funeralis. Related to Funeral.
Pertaining to a funeral; funereal.
ETYM Latin mortuarius, from mortuus dead: cf. French mortuaire. Related to Mortal.
1. Of or relating to a funeral.
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of death.
ETYM Late Lat. mortuarium. Related to Mortuary.
1. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a funeral home.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.