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inhumation
noun as in burial
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Franco’s grandsons stirred further controversy by saying government agents tried to block them from taking video of the inhumation.
It was found in a crouched or foetal position, referred to by archaeologists as a "crouched inhumation".
Lycurgus was perhaps the only Grecian legislator who recommended inhumation in temples and in cities, to accustom youth to the daily spectacle of death.
In 1804, inhumation, in the cities of France, was wholly forbidden, without any exception.
The earlier period is characterized by the practice of inhumation in barrows made of clays, stones or sand, according to the district.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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