'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]

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