reinterment

Examples

• All

• 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

R

reburial

vsreinterment

1 7.2

Putting a dead person or animal in the ground again after digging them up

emphasizes a new resting place after exhumation rather than ceremonial reasons

R

reburying

vsreinterment

1 6.5

To put a dead body or object back into the ground after it was dug up

specifies relocation to a different site after exhumation

Antonyms

E

exhumation

• Specialized

11 9.4

To dig up a buried body to examine it

How Formal

reinterment

1 8.6

reburial

1 7.2

reburying

1 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology