as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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His funeral ceremony at the National Cathedral will be held the following day — which President Biden has decreed a national day of mourning — followed by a private interment in his Georgia hometown, Plains.
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
His Tuesday interment in his hometown — nearly a month after his death — marked some closure for Emmanuel’s family.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
There, a private funeral at Carter's Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains will be followed by interment at the family home in a private ceremony.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
His Tuesday interment in his hometown — nearly a month after his death — marked some closure for Emmanuel’s family.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
There, a private funeral at Carter's Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains will be followed by interment at the family home in a private ceremony.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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