inhumation

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But it is Mr. Blair’s account of several millennia of inhumation and exhumation, rather than several centuries of fiction writing, that raises the most significant questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

At supper, after the inhumation, a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 by Various

In 1804, inhumation, in the cities of France, was wholly forbidden, without any exception.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

A living inhumation, where the body exists but as the spirit's sepulchre!

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Most decidedly the finger of heaven must be recognised in the impenetrability of the mysterious inhumation performed by Moiselet.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 by Various