entombment
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en·tomb
(ĕn-to͞om′)tr.v. en·tombed, en·tomb·ing, en·tombs
1. To place in or as if in a tomb or grave.
2. To serve as a tomb for.
en·tomb′ment n.
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Noun 1. [画像:entombment - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave]entombment - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
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entombment
nounAn act of placing a body in a grave or tomb:
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