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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Recent Examples of interment
The interment will follow at the Emanuel Synagogue Cemetery at 1361 Berlin Turnpike in Wethersfield.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
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.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
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.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interment
Noun
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Agencies assist in investigation Lufkin PD and Colonial Mortuary, which had provided the burial, assisted in the investigation, authorities said.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Researchers recently identified food DNA on the Shroud of Turin — a finding that suggests the burial cloth believed to have wrapped Jesus Christ may have been contaminated over time.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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There was only a very small private funeral at a Catholic church, mourners separated safe distance from each other in the pews.—
Greg Cote
April 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Shadow Daughter opens on the day of Brown’s mother’s funeral, when the author is in Hawaii hiking with her family, having resolved not to attend.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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