Entombment

/ɛntˈuːmmənt/

/ɪnˈtummənt/

[noun]

Entombment

[NOUN]

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

synonyms : burial

inhumation

interment

sepulture

Examples

1. By comparison, the Old and New Testaments, together, contain around 200 references to burial, entombment, and the like.

2. Everybody has survived the midterm including the TAs so far, who recently have been let out of their entombment with thousands of pages of exam pages.

3. The satellite holds a 24-carat gold jar topped by a bust of Lawrence, modeled after canopic jars used in ancient Egypt to enshrine organs for entombment.

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