barriers

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And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.

A poor pilgrim has lately started on his last journey, and his corpse, unattended by friends or mourners, is carried upon the shoulders of hired buriers into the cemetery.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Many of these poor fellows were glad to take service as watchmen of infected houses, or even as bearers and buriers of the dead.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn

And the buriers immediately gathered about him, supposing he was one of those poor delirious or desperate creatures that used to pretend, as I have said, to bury themselves.

From History of the Plague in London by Defoe, Daniel

I done pinted my pall buriers an’ bought they gloves an’ I low ter be laid out myself in my best black silk what Miss Milly done gimme goin’ on sixteen year, come nex’ Christmas.

From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell