inhumation [
`ɪnhju'meʃən]
inhumation[ noun ]
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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Inhumation \In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.]
1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in
order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat;
the state of being thus exposed.
3. (Med.) Arenation.