burial rite

collocation in English

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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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rite
noun[C usually plural]
uk
/raɪt/us
/raɪt/
(a usually religious ceremony with) a set of fixed words ...
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(Definition ofburialandritefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But by the 1970s neither the initiation rite nor theburialritewas required.
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In practice changes in burial rites are viewed as reflections of social relations.
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Theburialriteis mostly cremation.
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Theburialritenormally featured cremation.
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The burial rites associated with the four different kinds of bell-ringing also varied accordingly.
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It means that perhaps authorities need a reminder from time to time, if there is a change in the burial rites, so they can tidy things up.
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Mythological scenes and depictions related to burial rites play a subsidiary role.
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Most of the other victims were buried in pits dug on unconsecrated ground on the cliffs with no burial rites.
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Both sites were recorded as necropolises with two different burial rites.
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After the burial rites are completed, a feast is traditionally served.
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The ritual included initiation rites, installation ceremonies for officers, an organizational pledge and burial rites.
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Burial rites are performed, and last for three months.
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Monks provided spiritual services and consoling for families of the victims, and performed burial rites.
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The transition is gradual, in the pottery as well as the burial rites.
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These new peoples introduced changes in religion, burial rites, art and other aspects of life; as well as new domesticated animals such as turkeys.
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Scandinavian presence is evident in artefacts, burial rites, and the type of houses.
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Upon an individual's death, much stress was placed on proper burial rites to ensure the soul's purity and peace as it separated from the body.
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Burial rites changed more than once from cremation to inhumation and "vice versa" until inhumation became dominant by the end of the 10th century.
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The channel aims to provide practical information about death, such as the various burial rites and also documentaries about famous graveyards.
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In other cultures a death mask may be a clay or another artifact placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites.
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