inhume

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The Chinese inhume their dead at some distance from their cities and towns; it is only the bodies of the rich and noble that are allowed to remain on the premises of the family.

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

The good Secretary was instructed to spill it along in a furrow and afterward inhume it with soil.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

The Mandans, of the Upper Missouri, never inhume or bury their dead, but place their bodies, according to Mr. Catlin, on light scaffolds, out of the reach of the wolves and foxes.

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

It may be absurd to wait too long; it is indecorous to inhume too soon.

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

The urgent necessity there is to inhume at once these dead bodies, the most active agents in diffusing the contagion, is equally the drift of this observation.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?