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[ in-tur-muhnt ] / ɪnˈtɜr mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR interment ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or ceremony of interring; burial. Origin of interment1300–50; inter + -ment; replacing Middle English enter(e)ment<Middle French enterrement OTHER WORDS FROM intermentre·in·ter·ment, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH intermentinterment , internmentWords nearby intermentintermedin, intermediolateral nucleus, intermediomedial nucleus, intermedius, intermenstrual pain, interment, intermetacarpal joint, intermetallic compound, intermetatarsal joint, intermezzo, intermigration Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intermentAfter the interment, the department radio dispatcher announced over the air that German was gone, but never to be forgotten. The Teen Love Letters that Led to a Tragic Murder-Suicide in Florida|Michael Daly|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST At press time, none had responded to requests to arrange for his disposal or interment. Chasen Murderer's Secret Past|A. L. Bardach|December 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST Moments later, Cardinal Cushing stepped forward to read the prayers of interment. My Life with the Kennedys|Archbishop Hannan, Nancy Collins|June 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST Lasné was among the mourners, and witnessed the interment, which took place in the cemetery of Sainte-Marguerite. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton|Anonymous
This may probably be the true place of her interment, mentioned in Gen. xxxv. Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al. The place selected for the interment was at the entrance of the choir from the south aisle. A History of Mourning|Richard Davey Perhaps this practice was resorted to only when the body had to be kept for some time, or carried some distance for interment. The Meeting-Place of Geology and History|Sir John William Dawson Every house that commanded a glimpse of the procession, or the interment, was crowded. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock|Ferdinand Brock Tupper
British Dictionary definitions for interment
nounburial, esp with ceremonial rites Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intermententombment, funeral, sepulture, inhumation, burying, obsequy, inurning |