Inhumation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhumation \In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.]
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     1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
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     2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in


        order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat;
        the state of being thus exposed.
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     3. (Med.) Arenation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhumation
       n : the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {burial}, {entombment},
            {interment}, {sepulture}]