proper burial

collocation in English

meaningsofproperandburial

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proper
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒp.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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burial
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈber.i.əl/us
/ˈber.i.əl/
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected ...
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(Definition ofproperandburialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The view on aproperburialas a matter of the greatest weight, can be traced back to antiquity.
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I agree with him in his comments on the dignity and respect which are vital toproperburialarrangements.
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Will he perhaps make decent arrangements to give this thing aproperburial?
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If not, she begs to have their skeletal remains given to her so that she can give them aproperburial.
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Properburialand incineration are also acceptable disposal methods, as is removal to hunt kennels.
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However, the result was that noproperburialtook place and the child was consigned to a common grave.
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There is no chance of any possible resurrection, and all we have to do now is to give it a decent andproperburial.
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There were old age pensioners who had saved up a nest egg so that they could have aproperburial.
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If an aircraft containing human remains is unearthed, however, then of course we ensure that the remains are given aproperburial.
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However, when aircraft are unearthed, it is customary to remove any remains forproperburial.
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One claimant recently passed away, and his family are still waiting for the release of his organs, so that they can give him aproperburial.
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The chorus-leader anxiously confirms that all of the customary preparations have been made for herproperburial.
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Greeks offered propitiatory libations to prevent the deceased from returning to the upper world to haunt those who had not given them aproperburial.
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They later removed his body and gave him aproperburial.
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While he is dying, she tells him she will arrange for hisproperburial, which is more than he would have done for her.
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Family members who tried to remove the bodies forproperburialoften disappeared themselves, never to be seen again.
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These accounts of hauntings and menacing ghosts are often solved throughproperburialpractices.
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Death was common, and the convicts wished to provide aproperburialfor each of the men that died at the mine.
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