reinter
verb[T]
formal(alsore-inter)uk/ˌriː.ɪnˈtɜːr/us/ˌriː.ɪnˈtɝ/-rr-toburyadeadbodyagain after it has beenremovedfrom thegroundwhere it wasburied:
Theherowaslaterreinterred withfullmilitaryhonours.
Theremainswill be re-interred when thearchaeologistshavefinishedtheirwork.
- Theremainsof thedeadsoldierswereremovedfrom thebattlefieldand reinterred in amoderngraveyard.
- Thedeveloperswereorderedto re-inter thebodiesthey haduncovered.
- Thebodieswere reinterred in aplotmarkedby asimplewhitemonument.
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- bier
- burial
- bury
- committal
- cremains
- cremation
- cryogenic
- embalmer
- exhumation
- exhume
- mummify
- mummy
- reburial
- rebury
- reinterment
- sarcophagus
- sati
- suttee
- taxidermist
- taxidermy