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.