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

With the tribes living far towards the northern lakes, the ceremonies and superstitions which formerly preceded inhumation, were these:—Charlevoix, the best writer that ever treated of the Indians, is my authority.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn

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

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Skeletons are sometimes found, in tolerably perfect condition, after an inhumation of two hundred years.

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

It is to be feared that this melancholy occurrence is more frequent than is supposed, more especially in countries where inhumation is speedily resorted to.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)