interment
(ɪnˈtɜːmənt)
Forms: see inter v.
[f. inter v. + -ment.]
The action of interring or burying in the earth; burial.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 327 After þe enterment þe kyng tok his way To þe South. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 319 In worship of her susters minde She made a riche enterement. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 140/2 Entyrement, or yntyrment, funerale. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 39 His interrement shuld not be withstoode. 1656 Stanley Hist. Philos. I. vi. 111 The solemn rites after my enterrement. 1709 Strype Ann. Ref. I. xxxvi. 368 At the interrement of the Dutchess. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vi, The body was..carried on an open bier to the place of interment. 1808 Pike Sources Mississ. iii. 266 The solemnity of the interment, agreeably to the ritual of the Spanish Church. |