interment

n.
The act or ritual of interring or burying.

noun

An act of placing a body in a grave or tomb: burial, entombment, inhumation. See show/hide.

IN BRIEF: The act or ceremony of burying a dead person.

The family gathered at the cemetery for their uncle's interment.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
  Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - begravelse, jordfæstelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
begrafenis

Français (French)
n. - inhumation, enterrement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beisetzung, Beerdigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενταφιασμός, ταφή

Italiano (Italian)
sepoltura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - enterro (m)

Русский (Russian)
погребение

Español (Spanish)
n. - entierro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - begravning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
埋葬, 土葬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 埋葬, 土葬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 매장, 토장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 埋葬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دفن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קבורה, לוויה‬

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