interment
noun
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
reinterment
-
a word derived from
interment.
Example Sentences
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The face that emerged resembled existing portraits of Bach, assuring historians that the skeleton had likely belonged to the late composer—and later served as the basis for future artworks and Bach’s reinterment in Leipzig.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 23, 2023
The pandemic delayed reinterment but a £35,000 grant means it can now proceed.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
In fact, the reinterment of all the soldiers at the Camden Battlefield site is being delayed until the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
“In my mind,” Carey wrote in 2015, “the reinterment of President and Mrs. Polk is one of the most disrespectful deeds ever committed by the state of Tennessee.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2017
We attach no credit to the story of the exhumation of his body, and its mysterious reinterment in Redcliff.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various
