Inhumation Definition

noun

The act of burial.

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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.

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(medicine) Arenation.

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Noun

Singular:
inhumation
Plural:
inhumations

Origin of Inhumation

  • From inhume +"Ž -ation

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Inhumation Sentence Examples

  • Inhumation graves are sometimes richly furnished.

  • Throughout the stone age inhumation appears to have been universal, many of the neolithic tombs being chambers of considerable size and constructed with massive blocks of stone.

  • In the early iron age there is less uniformity, some districts apparently favouring cremation and others inhumation.

  • On the other hand inhumation below the surface of the ground, without perceptible trace of a barrow, seems to have been the most usual practice during the national migration period, both in England and on the continent.

  • In this last necropolis cremation seems slightly to precede inhumation in date.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

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