burial ground : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burial ground	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for burial ground
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial ground n a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. --Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52]. 2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. [bd]To give a public burial.[b8] --Shak. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson. {Burial case}, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. {Burial ground}, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. {Burial place}, any place where burials are made. {Burial service}. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service. Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.