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Meanings of
inhumation
in English
Portuguese
inumação
Catalan
sepeli
Spanish
entierro
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The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
burial
interment
sepulture
entombment
Portuguese
inumação
Usage of
inhumation
in English
1
With the above brief references to
inhumation
,
let us leave the subject.
2
A living
inhumation
,
where the body exists but as the spirit's sepulchre!
3
The
inhumation
was effected at night by the widow alone.
4
The triple
inhumation
at Dolní Vestonice, in today's Czech Republic, has elicited much comment.
5
At supper, after the
inhumation
,
a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.
6
All attempts were limited, I repeat, to shallow soundings which informed the insect of the possibility of
inhumation
.
7
The hammock of raphia, almost equivalent to the natural network of couch-grass turf, scarcely disturbs the process of
inhumation
.
8
Not even these well-contrived securities sufficed to save from the uttermost agonies of living
inhumation
,
a wretch to these agonies foredoomed!
9
And Tinemouth, famed in song for its "haughty prioress," and "Holy Isle," memorable for the
inhumation
of Constance de Beverly.
10
By
INHUMATION
in pits, graves, holes in the ground, mounds; cists, and caves.
11
"From the discovery of certain graves, however, it is known that they practiced
inhumation
.
"
12
"Looking at this photograph, I think there were two or three single
inhumations
,
and maybe a common grave of five or six individuals," I said.
13
With the above brief references to
inhumation
,
let us leave the subject.
14
A living
inhumation
,
where the body exists but as the spirit's sepulchre!
15
The
inhumation
was effected at night by the widow alone.
16
The triple
inhumation
at Dolní Vestonice, in today's Czech Republic, has elicited much comment.
Other examples for "inhumation"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
inhumation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
live inhumation
practice inhumation
Translations for
inhumation
Portuguese
inumação
funeral
sepultura
sepultamento
enterro
Catalan
sepeli
inhumació
enterrament
Spanish
entierro
Inhumation
through the time