burial

  • 81burial insurance — A contract for the payment of burial or funeral expenses at the death of the holder, usually an older person of limited, financial means. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 8. In its ordinary form, it is a contract issued by an association whose declared… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 82burial lot — A place of burial. A lot in a cemetery, the purchaser of which acquires a right of burial therein. 14 Am J2d Cem § 25 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 83burial place — See burial; burial lot; cemetery …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 84burial vault — noun a burial chamber (usually underground) • Syn: ↑vault • Hypernyms: ↑burial chamber, ↑sepulcher, ↑sepulchre, ↑sepulture • Hyponyms: ↑charnel house, ↑ …

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  • 85burial-place — burˈial place noun 1. A burial ground 2. The place where anyone is buried • • • Main Entry: ↑burial …

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  • 86burial ground — a tract of land for burial of the dead; a cemetery, often a small or primitive one. [1795 1805] * * * …

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  • 87Burial Insurance — A basic type of life insurance that is used to pay for funeral services and merchandise costs. This policy usually covers people until they reach the age of 100. Applicants do not have to go through a health exam in order to obtain it, they are… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 88Burial of St. Petronilla — (1623; Rome, Capitoline Museum)    This work is Guercino s famous altarpiece for the altar of St. Petronilla in St. Peter s, Rome, commissioned by Pope Gregory XV. Of huge proportions, the painting depicts the burial of the supposed daughter of… …

    Dictionary of Renaissance art

  • 89Burial-Mound-Kultur — Bu|ri|al Mound Kul|tur [ bɛriəlmaund...] die; <zu engl. burial mound »Grabhügel« u. ↑Kultur> von etwa 800 vor bis 1200 n. Chr. durch große Grabhügel u. ausgeprägtes Totenritual gekennzeichnete prähistorische Kultur im östlichen Nordamerika …

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  • 90burial mound —    A pile, hillock, or human made hill, composed of debris or earth heaped up to mark a burial site.    ICOMANTH & GG …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms