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Disinterment

noun
1.
The act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.  Synonyms: digging up, exhumation.






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"Disinterment" Quotes from Famous Books



... fortune to be present in the month of May, 1878, at the disinterment of the remains of the revered pontiff and at their removal to the chapel of the seminary where, according to his intentions, they repose to-day, will recall still with emotion the pomp which was displayed on this solemn occasion, and the fervent joy which was manifested among ...
— The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval • A. Leblond de Brumath

... "information" that Allah taught Adam the mystery of working in iron, since in the Book of Genesis (iv, 22) it is stated that Tubal-cain was "an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron," as his brother Jubal was "the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ" (21).—The disinterment of the bones of Adam and Eve by Noah before the Flood began and their subsequent burial at the spot on which Jerusalem was afterwards built, as also the stature of Adam, are, of course, derived from ...
— Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers • W. A. Clouston



Words linked to "Disinterment" :   deed, digging up, exhumation, act, human activity, human action, disinter



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