1.A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. (Obs.) "The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened."
2.The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. "To give a public burial." "Now to glorious burial slowly borne."
Burial service. (a)The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service.
(b)That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.
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