noun
- plural of interment; acts of burying dead bodies in graves or tombs
Usage: formal
Examples
- The cemetery recorded over fifty interments last month.
- Military interments at Arlington National Cemetery follow strict protocols.
- The ancient tomb contained multiple interments from different time periods.
- Family interments in the private plot date back three generations.
- The funeral director arranged for both cremations and traditional interments.
- Historical records show that interments in this churchyard began in 1750.