burial service

collocation in English

meaningsofburialandservice

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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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service
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.vɪs/us
/ˈsɝː.vɪs/
a government system or private organization that is responsible for a particular type of activity, or for providing a particular thing that ...
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(Definition ofburialandservicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofburial service

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There would not be many mourners at her funeral andburialservice, and people would be glad to see the last of her.
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The second letter contained photographs of theburialservice.
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Today, we are having only the legalburialservice.
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Take, for instance, the question regarding theburialservice.
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To some extent we are at aburialservicebecause the poll tax and the problems it has caused to our constituents are finished.
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Their bereavement would certainly be eased by the ability to say goodbye properly and to arrange aburialservice.
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In each case a separate and individualburialserviceis carried out with no less dignity and no less respect for the deceased than with burials arranged privately.
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That was during the flu epidemic; it was nothing to do with any problems with theburialservice, but with the fact that the funeral directors could not cope.
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Aburialserviceis performed after the cremation is completed.
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A large number of people gathered at hisburialservice.
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The leader read theburialserviceat the side of the crevasse.
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In some other cases, theburialserviceis the funeral, in which case the procession might travel from the cemetery office to the gravesite.
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At his own request, he was given a simpleburialservicewithout flowers.
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After theburialservice, family members wash their hair with a shampoo called "gugu" to remove the influence of the deceased's spirit.
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Six pilots of the company were his pallbearers, and another 12 flew a formation in the shape of a cross over hisburialservice.
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In 1361 while he was on his way to aburialserviceof one of his old soldiers, he was assassinated.
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Padres performed theburialservicein haste as soldiers would cover the graves quickly.
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The children were deemed to be too young to attend the finalburialservice, so this was the point where the children said goodbye to their father.
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Other times, theburialservicetakes place at a later time, when the final resting place is ready, if the death occurred in the middle of winter.
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