Cemetery vocab

Question 1

block

Answer 1

several lots together in a cemetery

Question 2

burial / interment

Answer 2

the act of placing the dead human body in the ground

Question 3

burial transit permit / disposition permit

Answer 3

a legal document, issued by a governmental agency, authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body

Question 4

cemetery

Answer 4

an area of ground set aside and dedicated to the final disposition of dead human remains

Question 5

cemetery tent

Answer 5

a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal

Question 6

chart of consanguinity

Answer 6

is used to determine the kinship of 2 individuals characterized by the sharing of common ancestors. in some countries, this is a common feature, and marriages among relatives occur widely, particularly in rural areas, the most prevalent being between first cousins

Question 7

christian burial certificate

Answer 7

a letter or form from a priest stating the eligibility of the deceased for burial in a roman catholic cemetery

Question 8

columbarium

Answer 8

a structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains

Question 9

committal service

Answer 9

the portion of the funeral conducted at the place of disposition

Question 10

coroner

Answer 10

usually an elected officer without medical training whose chief duty is to investigate questionable deaths

Question 11

cremated remains

Answer 11

the result of the reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat

Question 12

cremation

Answer 12

the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort, or chamber

Question 13

crematory

Answer 13

a furnace, or retort, for cremating dead human bodies; a building that houses a retort

Question 14

direct disposition

Answer 14

any method of disposition of the human remains without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the deceased present

Question 15

entombment

Answer 15

the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum

Question 16

funeral procession

Answer 16

the movement of vehicles from the place of the funeral to the place of disposition

Question 17

grave

Answer 17

an excavation in the earth as a place for interment; interment space

Question 18

graveside service

Answer 18

a ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the grave

Question 19

grave straps

Answer 19

webbing or similar material used for lowering the casket into the grave

Question 20

green cemetery

Answer 20

a place of interment that bans the use of metal caskets, toxic embalming, and concrete vaults and may also require the use of aesthetically natural monuments

Question 20

green burial

Answer 20

disposition without the use of toxic chemicals or materials that are not readily biodegradable

Question 21

green funeral

Answer 21

death care that minimizes the use of energy in service offerings/products and that bans the use of toxic/hazardous materials

Question 22

immediate burial

Answer 22

disposition of human remains by burial, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the deceased present, except for a graveside service

Question 23

inurnment

Answer 23

placing cremated remains in an urn or placing cremated remains in a niche or grave

Question 24

lot

Answer 24

several plots owned by an individual or couple

Question 25

mausoleum

Answer 25

a building containing crypts or vaults for entombment

Question 26

medical examiner

Answer 26

a forensically trained physician who investigates questionable or unattended deaths

Question 27

niche

Answer 27

a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains

Question 28

plot

Answer 28

also known as a grave

Question 29

receiving vault

Answer 29

a structure designed for the temporary storage of bodies not to be immediately interred

Question 30

section

Answer 30

the largest subdivision of a cemetery