inhumation
- a word derived from inhume.
Example Sentences
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But it is Mr. Blair’s account of several millennia of inhumation and exhumation, rather than several centuries of fiction writing, that raises the most significant questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Among the aboriginal Britons the custom of simple inhumation was probably prevalent, but there are not wanting evidences in support of the belief that cremation also was sometimes practised in prehistoric times.
From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by Vincent, W.T. (William Thomas)
The commonest method was some form of inhumation in pits, graves, or holes in the ground, in stone graves or cysts, in mounds, beneath or in houses, or in caves.
From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various
In 1804, inhumation, in the cities of France, was wholly forbidden, without any exception.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
The casting a handful of soil on the coffin is emblematic of the complete inhumation.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
