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Noun: inhumation  ,in-hyoo'mey-shun
  1. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    "The pharaoh's inhumation was accompanied by elaborate ceremonies";
    - burial, entombment, interment, sepulture [archaic]

Derived forms: inhumations

Type of: funeral, obsequy

Encyclopedia: Inhumation