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Burial service

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The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service.
That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.

See also: Burial Burial



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Then we'll drop him over without any palavering, unless our clerical-looking castaway has the burial service at sea by heart.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
And so the white-haired old man repeated the burial service over this strange grave, while his four companions stood with bowed and uncovered heads about him.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Thompson was buried on the Tuesday, and the burial service, so soothing and grand always, but beyond all words solemn when read over a boy's grave to his companions, brought him much comfort, and many strange new thoughts and longings.
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