burial society

collocation in English

meaningsofburialandsociety

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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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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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They started aburialsociety.
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A specific task for theburialsocietyis tending to the dead who have no immediate next-of-kin.
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Diamond would serve as congregational president until 1938, the same year the synagogue transferred title of its cemetery to the local "chevra kadisha" (burialsociety).
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After all, the oldest friendly societies in the world are burial societies.
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Since the 19th century, organisations such as friendly societies, burial societies and industrial assurance companies have made payments to their members to cover the costs of funerals.
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These estimates are borne out by the figures of burial societies and other organizations, which testify to over 155,000 buried bodies.
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Some landsmanshaftn were burial societies while others were independent groups split off from the chevras.
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Burial societies also provide practical support for the family during the preparations; for example, by helping to prepare food.
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Other associations were more social in character and served as clubs, or as burial societies.
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Not-for-profit burial societies still exist today.
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The developers received permission to build the cemetery a month later, but disagreements between the various burial societies delayed the first burial until the fall of 1951.
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