Commonly Used Terms
Columbarium
A structure consisting of small vaults or niches for urns containing
cremated remains.
Committal service
The ceremony at the gravesite following a funeral ceremony or gathering
in a church, chapel or other location.
Crypt
An interment space in a mausoleum.
Entombment
The interment of human remains in an above-ground crypt or
mausoleum.
Interment
The placing of remains into their final resting place, such as the
ground, a tomb, crypt or niche, etc.
Inurnment
The placing of an urn containing cremated
remains into a columbarium, niche, crypt, tomb or ground space.
Lawn crypt
A subsurface concrete structure constructed in multiple units for the
interment of human remains. Lawn crypts may be constructed with more
than one tier or level.
Mausoleum
A public or private building specially designed to receive entombments
in crypts and niches.
Memorial
Any item, other than a mausoleum or columbarium, used for identifying an
interment space or for commemoration of the life of a decedent,
including, but not limited to, a monument, marker, niche plate, urn
garden plaque, crypt plate, cenotaph, marker bench and vase.
Niche
A compartment or cubicle for the memorialization and permanent placement
of cremated remains.
Outer burial container
Any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the
casket including, but not limited to, containers commonly known as
burial vaults, grave boxes and grave liners.
Professional service fee
The fee charged for making an interment including, but not limited to,
administrative, clerical, legal and mechanical services performed by the
cemetery in conjunction with the opening of an interment space in
preparation for the interment of human remains and the subsequent
closing of the interment space after the interment has been performed.
Urn
A container made from a variety of materials including, but not limited
to, bronze, ceramic, glass, porcelain, wood or other materials, into
which cremated remains are placed. Many are designed in traditional
vase-like shapes or square and rectangular cubes.
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