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inhumation

noun as in burial

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The cause of the marked change from Mycenaean inhumation to Homeric cremation is matter of conjecture.

The custom of incineration gains ground in Europe until in the Bronze Age it is the rule and inhumation the exception.

In funeral rites both inhumation and cremation were practised.

The loosened dirt then fell in at the sides, completing the inhumation.

He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inhumation, such as: burying, deposition, entombment, funeral, interment, and sepulture.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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