burial

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The pope will personally carry the cross through all 14 stations retracing Christ's journey, from his condemnation to his crucifixion and to his burial, according to Vatican sources.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Druid Kristoffer Hughes, who recently returned from the US where terramation is legal in several states, said he believed the practice could offer a "deeply ecological and spiritually meaningful" alternative to cremation or burial.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It illuminates not just burial rites but artists’ ingenuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Compounding this painful apathy is the fact that state officials were made aware of the burial ground by at least the 1970s.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

During the washing process and burial, we would refer to the dead by their Hebrew names, and their Yiddish names if we didn’t know the former.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros