reburial
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌriːˈbɪəriəl/
- After years of waiting, the family finally arranged for the reburial of their loved one in the family plot.
- reburial of remains
- reburial ceremony
- reburial and repatriation
Examples
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The actual reburial of the remains in the mound went off without a hitch amid the quiet rain.
Academic text (2009) -
The day chosen for the reburial was overcast and cool.
Fiction book (1994) -
Both of them were quite willing to turn over the responsibility of reburial to the medicine woman.
Academic text (1990) -
And this is very controversial because there are laws that are for the repatriation and reburial of remains.
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Now I could turn to relocating the site and making arrangements for the reburial.
Academic text (2009) -
The Miccosukees had no objection to me or anyone else conducting the reburial, as long as it was done.
Academic text (2009) -
By late summer 2007, the Seminoles agreed to have the reburial done under its auspices.
Academic text (2009) -
The Pawnee reburial struggle occurred within the context of a worldwide indigenous movement.
Academic text (1996) -
The incident further earned Riggs the trust of traditionalists, who held a reburial ceremony the next day.
Academic text (2002) -
In January 2008, the Kurdish regional government held an official reburial ceremony for the Muthanna victims in its capital, Erbil.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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8.6
Burying a dead person again in a different place after digging them up
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6.5
To put a dead body or object back into the ground after it was dug up
How Formal
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8.6
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reburial comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the common word bury meaning 'to put in the ground'. So reburial is the act of burying someone or something again, for example after moving remains or when a grave is opened.