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burial

noun
/ˈbɛɹɪəl/UK/ˈbɛɹiəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

  1. inherited from byrġels
  2. inherited from biriel

Definitions

  1. The act of burying

    The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

    • His whole family was present at his burial.
    • The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at burial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at burial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at burial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA