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burial

bur.i.al \'ber-e--*l\ n [ME beriel, berial, back-formation fr. beriels 
   (taken as a pl] often attrib ural), fr. OE byrgels; akin to OS burgisli 
   tomb 1: GRAVE, TOMB  2: the act or process of burying