interment
noun
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
interments
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pluralof interment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Neath Port Talbot Council said it was "no longer possible to find suitable space next to earlier interments without risking disturbance to existing remains".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
The statement called for demarcated and documented individual graves, saying hasty interments could lead to mental anguish for families as well as social and legal problems.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
Yates informed her that a law allowing the Army and the Department of Veterans Affairs to reconsider interments applied only to those occurring after its enactment in 2013.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
Dedicated in 1848, it boasts more than 120,000 interments that include the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers, paupers and bourbon barons alike.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
The price of interments varies with the proximity to the dust of Fatima from six krans to one hundred tumans.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
