buryingplace

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noun

The place where a dead person is buried.

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Meanings

nounburyingplace (plural buryingplaces)

plural buryingplaces

  1. The place where a dead person is buried.

    I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace [translating קֶבֶר (kéver)] with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 23:4

Origin

From burying + place.

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APA

buryingplace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buryingplace

MLA

“buryingplace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buryingplace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buryingplace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buryingplace.

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