Inurning

Inurning
Inurn In*urn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. [1913 Webster]

The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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  • inurning — v. place ashes in an urn; put in an urn; inter, bury, put in a grave …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Inurn — In*urn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. [1913 Webster] The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inurned — Inurn In*urn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. [1913 Webster] The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • burial — Synonyms and related words: baptism, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, box grave, burial at sea, burial chamber, burial customs, burial mound, burying, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave, clouding, concealedness, concealment,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • interment — [n] burial burying, entombment, funeral, inhumation, inurning, obsequy, sepulture; concept 367 …   New thesaurus

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