inhumation

in·hume

I0144300 (ĭn-hyo͞om′)tr.v. in·humed, in·hum·ing, in·humes To place in a grave; bury.

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[French inhumer, from Old French, from Latin inhumāre : in-, in; see in-² + humus, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

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in′hu·ma′tion n.in·hum′er n.

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inhumation - the ritual placing of a corpse in a graveburial, entombment, interment, sepulturefuneral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

inhumation

nounAn act of placing a body in a grave or tomb:burial, entombment, interment.

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