interment
Example Sentences
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An interment was scheduled immediately following the service.
From Seattle Times
None of the more than 300 people who attended Herman Schmidt’s interment service Thursday afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery had ever met him.
From Washington Post
Some protesters also wanted the reburial postponed, but city spokesperson Michelle Brooks told the Tulsa World that an interment plan was required in order to receive approval to exhume the remains.
From Seattle Times
The dignified passage of the soldier’s casket from France to Arlington National Cemetery was closely followed by millions of Americans, and many thousands came to view the interment on Nov. 11, 1921.
From Washington Post
Funeral directors said more than 2,000 bodies were being stored at Rome's sole crematorium, which can handle around 50 cremations a day, while mortuary rooms at other cemeteries were packed, awaiting burial or interment.
From Reuters
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