inhumation (redirected from Inhumations)

in·hume  (n-hym)

tr.v. in·humed, in·hum·ing, in·humes

To place in a grave; bury.

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[French inhumer, from Old French, from Latin inhumre : in-, in; see in-² + humus, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

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inhu·mation n.

in·humer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

inhumation - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave burial, entombment, interment, sepulture funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

Translations

inhumation [ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪʃən] N → inhumación f

inhumation

n (form) → Beisetzung f (form)