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a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
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Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Burials at the cemetery had mostly stopped by the early 2000s, with only a few more interments taking place before 2010.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
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Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024
Burials at the cemetery had mostly stopped by the early 2000s, with only a few more interments taking place before 2010.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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