burial

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi.əl/

The English word “burial” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

Etymology

From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

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