Definition of Inhumation

1. Noun. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.

Exact synonyms: Burial, Entombment, Interment, Sepulture
Generic synonyms: Funeral
Derivative terms: Bury, Entomb, Inhume, Inter

Definition of Inhumation

1. n. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.

Definition of Inhumation

1. Noun. The act of burial. ¹

2. Noun. 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. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) arenation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhumation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inhumation

1. 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. 2. 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. Arenation. Origin: Cf. F. Inhumation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhumation

inhouse
inhuman
inhuman treatment
inhumane
inhumanely
inhumaneness
inhumanities
inhumanity
inhumanly
inhumanness
inhumannesses
inhumate
inhumated
inhumates
inhumating
inhumation (current term)
inhumations
inhume
inhumed
inhumer
inhumers
inhumes
inhuming
inhære
inhæred
inhærent
inhæres
inhæring
inhæsion
inia

Literary usage of Inhumation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"In Cleveland and on the coast between Scarborough and Whitby cremation was almost invariable : 2 in Northumberland nearly twice as common as inhumation.3 In ..."

2. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"In BOLOGNA inhumation and cremation stand notoriously in the following relation. The pre-Italic tombs for inhumation are followed by those for cremation of ..."

3. Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative by Joshua Trimmer (1842)
"Sudden inhumation of Organic Remains. One of the most remarkable circumstances ... The evidence of this sudden inhumation .consists in their perfect state, ..."

4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1884)
"In the present mode of burial, inhumation—the most extensively practised—there is, to the individual of unbiased consideration, and who is willing to be ..."

5. Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1889)
"IMBEDDING OF AQUATIC SPECIES IN SUBAQUEOUS STRATA. inhumation OF ... The phenomena attending their inhumation in lacustrine deposits are sometimes revealed ..."

6. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the by Charles Lyell (1832)
"Imbedding of aquatic species in subaqueous strata—inhumation of fresh-water plants ... The phenomena attending their inhumation in lacustrine deposits ..."

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