Bu'ri-al, n.

(bĕr'ri-al), n. [From bury; A-S. byrgels, byrigels, O. Sax. burgisli, sepulcher, O. Eng. buryels, buriel, a burying-place.]

1. The act of burying; specifically, depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with the attendant ceremonies; funeral solemnity; sepulture; interment. “Now to glorious burial slowly borne.” Tennyson.
2. A burying-place; a grave. [Obs.]

The earth shook, and stones were cloven, and burials were opened. Wycliffe. Matt. xxviii. 51, 52. Burial case, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. — Burial service. (a.) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead. (b.) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.