Found 2 items, similar to inhumation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inhumation inhumation n : the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: burial, entombment, interment, sepulture]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inhumation Inhumation \In`hu*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhumation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Arenation. [1913 Webster]