Inhumation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Inhumation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Inhumation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhumation n the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.