interment

[in-tur-muh nt]

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noun

the act or ceremony of interring; burial.

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Origin of interment

1300–50; inter + -ment; replacing Middle English enter(e)ment < Middle French enterrement

Related formsre·in·ter·ment, noun

Can be confusedinterment internment

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After the interment, the department radio dispatcher announced over the air that German was gone, but never to be forgotten.
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At press time, none had responded to requests to arrange for his disposal or interment.
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Moments later, Cardinal Cushing stepped forward to read the prayers of interment.
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Lasné was among the mourners, and witnessed the interment, which took place in the cemetery of Sainte-Marguerite.
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This may probably be the true place of her interment, mentioned in Gen. xxxv.
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The place selected for the interment was at the entrance of the choir from the south aisle.
A History of Mourning|Richard Davey
Perhaps this practice was resorted to only when the body had to be kept for some time, or carried some distance for interment.
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Every house that commanded a glimpse of the procession, or the interment, was crowded.
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British Dictionary definitions for interment

interment

noun

burial, esp with ceremonial rites

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Word Origin and History for interment

early 14c., from Old French enterrement, from enterrer (see inter).

interment

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interment

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