reinterment
- noun
- /ˌriːɪnˈtɜːr.mənt/
- First, the laws do not provide for the reinterment of ancient, unclaimed, or unidentified remains.
Examples
-
The Reinterment
Fiction book (1994) -
The reinterment of the remains at Santa Fe National Cemetery this July 28—National Buffalo Soldier Day—will provide archaeologists and agents a kind of dissatisfying closure.
Academic text (2009) -
"We're bringing Basya's body over for reinterment," Mrs. Reich informed me.
Fiction book (1994) -
Reinterment ceremonies.
Academic text (1996) -
Now all that was needed was for it to be published and, after a 30-day waiting period during which interested parties could contact me about the reburial, the reinterment could take place.
Academic text (2009) -
Reinterment of bodies from Pioneer Cemetery occurred between 1868 and 1872.
Academic text (2009) -
After the excavation, the family arranged for the reinterment of their ancestor in a nearby cemetery.
-
The ceremony for the reinterment of the soldier was attended by many local officials and veterans.
-
Due to the construction project, the reinterment of the historical graves was necessary to preserve the remains.
Synonyms
Putting a dead person or animal in the ground again after digging them up
To put a dead body or object back into the ground after it was dug up
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reinterment is made from re- 'again' and inter 'to bury'. Because inter comes from a word for 'earth', as in terrain, reinterment means to bury someone 'again', often in a new place.