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INHUMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
Synonyms:
burial; entombment; inhumation; interment; sepulture
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inhumation" is a kind of...):
funeral; obsequy (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated)
Derivation:
inhume (place in a grave or tomb)
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