inhumation

Variant of inhume

inhume definition

in·hume (in hyo̵̅o̅m′)

transitive verb inhumed -·humed′, inhuming -·hum′·ing

to bury (a dead body); inter

Etymology: Fr inhumer < L inhumare < in-, in + humus, earth: see humus

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