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Keywords: Grave, Tomb, Interment, Sepulture, Underground

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A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.

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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.

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the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

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means the disposition of human remains, traditionally below ground.

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