burial
ritual act of placing a dead person into the ground
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Summary
burial is an occurrence[1]. burial ranks in the top 6% of occurrence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,307 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: burial[3]
- Part of: funeral[4]
- Commons category: Burials[5]
- Opposite of: exhumation[6]
- Has part(s): Islamic burial[7]
- Inception: -100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Burial[9]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16]
- Main Wikidata property: P4602[17], P965[18], P2324[19]
- Different from: sediment burial[20], location of burial[21], burial[22], funeral[23]
- Class of object(s) of occurrence: corpse[24]
Why It Matters
burial has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] burial is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]