inhume
verb (used with object)
to bury; inter.
inhumation
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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
At supper, after the inhumation, a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 by Various
In these mounds cremation appears more frequently than inhumation; and both are accompanied by implements, weapons and ornaments of stone and bone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Skeletons are sometimes found, in tolerably perfect condition, after an inhumation of two hundred years.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
Lycurgus was perhaps the only Grecian legislator who recommended inhumation in temples and in cities, to accustom youth to the daily spectacle of death.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
