inhumation

noun

1. （尤指古代）埋葬，土葬
   the act of burying dead people, used especially in relation to ancient times

1. Throughout the country, cemeteries can be found in large, medium and small cities where Hui and other minority peoples preferring inhumation live.
   现在，全国凡有回族等习惯实行土葬的少数民族居住的大、中、小城市，都建有公墓。
2. Although the qiang nationality has used the inhumation funeral as the whilom han nationality, we can still find the remains of the cremation.
   虽然今天羌族已经采用土葬，并且已经融入了很多汉族丧葬的因素，但是我们仍然可以从中发现火葬的影子。
3. Burial is the inhumation.
   墓葬就是土葬。

noun

1. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

   Synonym:    burialentombmentintermentsepulture