Catholic Cemetery Assocation Of Peoria

Common Burial Terms
 
Burial Vault: A concrete oblong box that seals shut and is placed into the ground to house a casket.
 
Casket:An oblong box made of wood, metal, copper, or bronze to hold a dead human body for burial.
 
Columbarium:An above ground structure designed with numerous openings called Niches which will hold cremated human remains.
 
Cremains:The ash remaining after the cremation of a dead human body.
 
Cremation:The process of using extreme heat to reduce a dead human body to ash.
 
Crypt:A series of molded concrete boxes where a casket is placed, usually above ground in a Mausoleum.
 
Entombment:to place in a vault or chamber for burying the dead.
 
Graves, Plots, Lots:All refer to an area of ground that is excavated for interring where the dead are buried.
 
Interment:the act of interring the dead in a grave.
 
Inurnment:The act of placing a cremation urn in a grave or niche.
 
Lawn Crypt:A molded concrete box that does not seal placed in a grave to house one to two caskets.
 
Mausoleum:A building designed with many crypts for above ground entombments. 
 
Niche:A place for above ground inurnments of cremated remains.
 
Urn:A container made of various types of material to hold cremated remains.
 
Urn Vault:A concrete or plastic container that will hold a cremation urn when interred in the ground.
 
 
 
  
 Common Burial Terms
 
Burial Vault: A concrete oblong box that seals shut and is placed into the ground to house a casket.
 
Casket:An oblong box made of wood, metal, copper, or bronze to hold a dead human body for burial.
 
Columbarium:An above ground structure designed with numerous openings called Niches which will hold cremated human remains.
 
Cremains:The Ash remaining after the cremation of a dead human body.
 
Cremation:The process of using extreme heat to reduce a dead human body to ash.
 
Crypt:A series of molded concrete boxes where a casket is placed, usually above ground in a Mausoleum.
 
Entombment:to place in a vault of chamber for burying the dead.
 
Graves, Plots, Lots:All refer to an area of ground that is excavated for interring where the dead are buried.
 
Interment:the act of interring the dead in a grave.
 
Inurnment:The act of placing a cremation urn in a grave or niche.
 
Lawn Crypt:A molded concrete box that does not seal placed in a grave to house one to two caskets.
 
Mausoleum:A building designed with many crypts for above ground entombments. 
 
Niche:A place for above ground inurnments of cremated remains.
 
Urns:A container made of various types of material to hold cremated remains.
 
Urn Vault:A concrete or plastic container that will hold a cremation urn when inurned in the ground.
 
 
 
  
Common Burial TermsThere are many terms used in the Funeral Industry

Here are some commonly used terms in the funeral industry and their definitions:

Burial Vault:
A concrete oblong box that seals shut and is placed into the ground to house a casket.

Casket: 
An oblong box made of wood, metal, copper, or bronze to hold a dead human body for burial.

Columbarium:
An above ground structure designed with numerous openings called Niches which will hold cremated human remains.

Cremation:
The process of using extreme heat to reduce a dead human body to ash.

Cremains:
The Ash remaining after the cremation of a dead human body.

Crypt:
A series of molded concrete boxes where a casket is placed, usually above ground in a mausoleum.

Entombment:
The act of placing a casket in a crypt or chamber for burying the dead.

Grave, Plot, Lot:
All refer to a specific area of ground that is excavated for interring one or more human bodies.

Interment:
The act of burying the dead in a grave.

Inurnment:
The act of placing a cremation urn in a grave or niche.

Lawn Crypt:
A molded concrete box that does not seal placed in a grave to house one to two caskets.

Mausoleum:
A building designed with many crypts for above ground entombments.

Niche:
A place for above ground inurnments of cremated remains.

Urns:
A container made of various types of material to hold cremated remains.

Urn Vault:
A concrete or plastic container that will hold a cremation urn when inurned in the ground.