All inhumation synonyms
in·hume
I i noun inhumation
- burial — A burial is the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground.
- funeral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- deposition — A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
- interment — the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- entombment — The placing of a dead body in a tomb; interment.
- exequies — (obsolete) Plural form of exequy.
- last rites — anointing of the sick.
- obsequies — a funeral rite or ceremony.