mortuary ritual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmortuaryandritual
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mortuary
noun[C]
uk/ˈmɔː.tʃu.ə.ri/us/ˈmɔːr.tʃu.er.i/
UK
a building, or a room in a hospital, etc. where dead bodies are kept before they are sent to be buried or burned, sometimes so that they can ...
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ritual
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/us/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way ...
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(Definition ofmortuaryandritualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The implications of these patterns for heightening our understanding ofmortuaryritualare explored in depth.
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Certainly, the more "processing" that is involved inmortuaryritual, the "drier" the ultimate interment.
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Its broad scope and its grounding in a theoretical consideration ofmortuaryritualare to be applauded.
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The most complex form ofmortuaryritualinvolves defleshing and/or removal of internal organs and tissue.
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This change is mirrored by the elaboration ofmortuaryritualthroughout the site.
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As shown below, this definitive break with the village tradition was negotiated through complexmortuaryritualinvolving deposits of the secondary remains of ancestors.
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Mortuaryritual, itself, is archaeologically invisible, although many material indicators are retained and detectable.
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Could it be that this is not simply amortuaryritualto honour dead leaders; even that the humans are not the most significant element of the deposit?
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Moreover, it is the only location at which all three types of secondary interments were found; clearly, this locale was the focus of complexmortuaryritual.
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The elaboration ofmortuaryritualwas coeval with the initiation of another practice that also imparted added significance to structures, namely the placement of cache deposits.
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Hertz (1960) too notes that elaboratemortuaryritualentailing secondary burial resulted in a protracted final rite of passage.
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Palace attendants, as part of royalmortuaryritual, were not dosed with poison to meet death serenely.
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Apparently, mortuary rituals related to children/infants were different from those related to adults.
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The identification of several types of burials shows that local people conducted primary and secondary mortuary rituals and indicates the presence of at least two social strata at the site.
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The recovery of infants and very young children indicates that they were part of the mortuary rituals of this village, entitled to treatment similar to that of some adults.
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The virus then spreads person-to-person, especially within families, hospitals, and during some mortuary rituals where contact among individuals becomes more likely.
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According to ethnographic data, popular death reporters refers to people who had inside knowledge of "anjinhos", including the grave-digger, gatekeeper, midwife, popular healers etc. all key participants in mortuary rituals.
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