Obs. Forms: 4–6 terement, 5 tyrrement, 5–6 tyr(e)ment, terment, 6 terrement. [Aphetic form of INTERMENT.] Burial, funeral: = INTERMENT; also, a funeral service.
1389. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 92. Þe skeueyns shullen don seyn þo messes wyhtinne vj. day after þe terement.
1402. E. E. Wills (1882), 11. Atte day of my terment.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 494/2. Tyrrement, or intyrrement, funerale.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 578. King Henry caused a solempne obite and terrement to be kept within Paules Church of London, for Sigismond the Emperor.
