burial English · revision 15003

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1200|origins=ine-pro *bhergh-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈber.i.əl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|biriel]], a mistaken singular of [[m|enm|buriels]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) [[inh|ang|byrgels|t=tomb, burial place]], from [[m|ang|byrgan|t=to bury]] (see [[bury]]) and the suffix [[m|ang|-els]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*burgisli-]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*bhergh-|t=to hide, protect]].^(Etymonline) The old suffix, also in [[riddle]], became obsolete and was taken for a plural, and the word was later felt as bury with [[-al]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A tomb or grave: about 1200 in Etymonline, about 1250 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Trench notes that it once meant the place of burial, as in Wycliffe's “the sepulcre of the man of God”, and only later the act.^(Trench 1859) The act of burying, a funeral, is from the late 13th century in Etymonline, 1453 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Figurative burials are from 1603,^(OED 1989) and the depositing of anything under earth or water from before 1626.^(OED 1989) Compounds such as ''burial ground'' are from the 19th century.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – a tomb.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 13th century – the act of burying.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1453 – interment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1603 – figurative burial.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1864 – burial chamber, burial cloth.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of burying, especially the [[interment]] of a dead body; a funeral.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' A grave or tomb.^(OED 1989)^(Trench 1859)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reburial]]

+ * [[burial ground]]

+ * [[burial mound]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bury]]

+ * [[borough]]

+ * [[riddle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}