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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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BURIAl, n. ber'rial. [See Bury.] The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water.
A
grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
[Obs.]
The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and
biriels weren opened. 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.
"To give a public burial."
Shak.
Now to glorious burial slowly borne. 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.
Syn. -- Sepulture; interment; inhumation. | ||||||||