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

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

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

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John

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)

This illustrates the early importance of Genoa as a trading port, and the penetration of Greek customs, inhumation being the usual practice of the Ligurians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various