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Definition of inhumation in English English dictionary
- Burial of the bodies of the deceased, the only acceptable alternative to the early Christians The Roman practice of cremation could not be used by them, because of the faith in the resurrection
- the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- The act of inhuming or burying; interment
- Name given to the burial custom by which the body was laid unburned in a grave (in contrast to cremation) Inhumation was demanded by Christian doctrine but was not confined to Christian peoples, for it was the custom of some of the pagan tribes of Scandinavia
- The practice of burial of non-cremated remains In prehistoric times, this was often in a wooden coffin, a jar burial, a hollowed out tree trunk, a wicker basket, or a woollen shroud The remains – especially any grave goods – provide examples of the dress and other information See Contracted inhumation, Crouched inhumation, Extended inhumation, Flexed inhumation, Prone inhumation, Supine inhumation, Articulated skeleton, Disarticulated skeleton, Excarnation
- {i} burial of the dead, act of burying in a grave
- Arenation
- 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
- The act of burial
- inhume
- To bury in a grave
- inhume
- to place in the earth, as a dead body
- inhume
- To bury a person in a grave or tomb
- ınhumation
- {n} the act of burying, a digestion in a warm substance
- inhume
- To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter
- inhume
- To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes
- inhume
- {f} bury the dead, place in a grave
- inhume
- place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
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