reburial
noun
re·buri·al
(ˌ)rē-ˈber-ē-əl 
-ˈbe-rē-,
also -ˈbər-ē-
plural reburials
: the act or an instance of burying something for a second or subsequent time
Intact bones and fragments were secured and now await reburial at the site or nearby.—
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The reburials began in the 1920s and peaked in the 1940s, after San Francisco voters formally approved the eviction of the dead in 1937.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
The event, attended by Archbishop of Baltimore William E. Lori, included a procession, a chapel blessing and the reburial.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The state law, which followed ProPublica’s reporting, gave tribes more control over reburials.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
The event, attended by Archbishop of Baltimore William E. Lori, included a procession, a chapel blessing and the reburial.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
The state law, which followed ProPublica’s reporting, gave tribes more control over reburials.
—Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Reburial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reburial. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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