inhumation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    burial; interment; sepulture; entombment.

WordNet

In`hu*ma"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. inhumation.
Definitions
  1. The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
  2. (Old Chem.) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
  3. (Med.) Arenation.

Webster 1913