inhume

[in-hyoom or, often, -yoom]

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verb (used with object), in·humed, in·hum·ing.

to bury; inter.

Origin of inhume

1610–20; < Medieval Latin inhumāre, equivalent to Latin in- in-² + -humāre, derivative of humus earth (see humus); cf. exhume

Related formsin·hu·ma·tion, nounin·hum·er, nounun·in·humed, adjective

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Related Words for inhumation

entombment, funeral, deposition, interment, sepulture, obsequies, exequies

Examples from the Web for inhumation

Historical Examples of inhumation

With the above brief references to inhumation, let us leave the subject.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The inhumation of the dead is entirely unpractised in Tibet.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852
Various
The loosened dirt then fell in at the sides, completing the inhumation.
The Forgotten Planet
Murray Leinster
These sepultures are some by incineration, others by inhumation.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity.
Anglo-Saxon Literature
John Earle

British Dictionary definitions for inhumation

inhume

verb

(tr) to inter; bury

Derived Formsinhumation, nouninhumer, noun

Word Origin for inhume

C17: from Latin inhumāre, from in- ² + humus ground

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Word Origin and History for inhumation

1630s, noun of action from Latin inhumare (see inhume).

inhume

c.1600 (implied in inhumed), from Latin inhumare "to bury," literally "to put into the ground," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + humus "earth, soil" (see humus).