inhumation

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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

In 1804, inhumation, in the cities of France, was wholly forbidden, without any exception.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

The ancients held hasty inhumation in great dread, and grounded their apprehension on various current traditions.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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

Doubtless the remains found in the vases served at a funeral feast prior to the inhumation.

From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)