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   In·hu·ma·tion

   /inˈ(h)yo͞omāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or practice of burying the dead; the fact of being buried: "cremation took over from inhumation as the dominant burial rite"
   • ▪ a burial or buried corpse: "more than thirty human inhumations from various sites" Similar burialburyingintermentcommittalentombmentlaying to restconsignment to the graverare:sepultureexequiescorpsebodydead bodycadavercarcassskeletonremainsrelicsarchaic:corseOpposite exhumation

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