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Inhumation

Inhumation Meaning & Definition
Inhumation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inhumation?

[n] the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inhumation: burial | entombment | interment | sepulture

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See Also | funeral

Inhumation In Webster's Dictionary

\In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.] 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. 2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed. 3. (Med.) Arenation.

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