Synonyms for inhumation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-hyoom or, often, -yoom
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈhyum or, often, -ˈyum


Définition of inhumation

Origin :
  • 1630s, noun of action from Latin inhumare (see inhume).
  • noun burial
Example sentences :
  • With the above brief references to inhumation, let us leave the subject.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The inhumation of the dead is entirely unpractised in Tibet.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various
  • The loosened dirt then fell in at the sides, completing the inhumation.
  • Extract from : « The Forgotten Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • These sepultures are some by incineration, others by inhumation.
  • Extract from : « History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2 » by Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
  • He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity.
  • Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Literature » by John Earle
  • Instances show that the two rites of inhumation and cremation were practised side by side.
  • Extract from : « The Bronze Age in Ireland » by George Coffey
  • The Danish antiquaries are able to refer to a definite period when cremation was abandoned for inhumation.
  • Extract from : « The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland » by Daniel Wilson
  • The custom of incineration gains ground in Europe until in the Bronze Age it is the rule and inhumation the exception.
  • Extract from : « The New Stone Age in Northern Europe » by John M. Tyler
  • All the attempts are limited, I repeat, to shallow soundings, which inform the insect of the possibility of inhumation.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Skeletons are sometimes found, in tolerably perfect condition, after an inhumation of two hundred years.
  • Extract from : « Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) » by A Sexton of the Old School

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