inhumation

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

He soon found that securing the substitute and securing the body of O'Iwa San for proper inhumation were kindred problems.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

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

With the tribes living far towards the northern lakes, the ceremonies and superstitions which formerly preceded inhumation, were these:—Charlevoix, the best writer that ever treated of the Indians, is my authority.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn

With the above brief references to inhumation, let us leave the subject.

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. by Twain, Mark