'Inhumation' definitions:
Definition of 'inhumation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture]
Definition of 'Inhumation'
From: GCIDE
- Inhumation \In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) Arenation. [1913 Webster]