burial place

collocation in English

meaningsofburialandplace

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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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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition ofburialandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofburial place

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After that, a tomb was erected over hisburialplaceand a chapel was built around it.
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The location behind the high altar was a privilegedburialplace.
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His body was never returned to his family, and hisburialplaceremains unknown to this day.
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Herburialplaceis marked with a white memorial plinth and urn.
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This burial was altogether unconventional: there were no tolling bells, theburialplacewas not a consecrated graveyard, and there was neither pastor, nor blessing.
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He meets his father's raven and the race horse, whoseburialplacehe kept.
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The tomb, theburialplace, was the site where the dead bodies of men were to be found.
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The saint'sburialplacebecame the civic church par excellence, even though it was not the cathedral.
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Indeed, the naming of theburialplacein the indulgence seems superfluous if it was proclaimed there alone.
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We have added to that the power to contribute to the expenses of providing aburialplaceas well as just maintaining it.
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So they come together for an act of remembrance for those whoseburialplacethey do not know.
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Yet that path leads inevitably to theburialplaceof freedom.
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There are many who would like to build a special monument on the battlefield where the soldier actually fell, and preserve the ground for ever as a privateburialplace.
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The origins of the townland are believed to be related to aburialplace, land of tombs and graves.
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Her wish was that theburialplaceshould be a place of prayer and silence.
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While some guide books refer to this as a tomb it is not aburialplace.
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In the 19th century, its precincts were also used as aburialplaceof famous people who died in the city.
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The cemetery has been in use as aburialplacesince 1931.
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The woman is buried nearby; herburialplaceis a well-known local shrine.
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Local people used the roofless ruins as aburialplaceafter 1740.
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Unfortunately, in the subsequent years, through war and natural disasters, the church was destroyed, and theburialplacelost.
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