- disinterment
- The removal of a body from a grave. See disinter.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
disinterment
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Disinterment — Dis in*ter ment, n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
DISINTERMENT — Jewish law forbids the transfer of a dead body or of remnant bones from one grave to another, even when it is to a more respected site (Sh. Ar., YD 363:1; based upon Sem. 13:5–7; TJ, MK 2:4, 81b). This traditional prohibition is, however, lifted… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
disinterment — disinter ► VERB (disinterred, disinterring) ▪ dig up (something buried). DERIVATIVES disinterment noun … English terms dictionary
“Disinterment, The“ — Short story (4,600 words); written in collaboration with Duane W.Rimel, September 1935. First published in WT(January 1937); corrected text in HM. The unnamed narrator awakes to find himself in a hospital bed in a private clinic a… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
disinterment — noun see disinter … New Collegiate Dictionary
disinterment — See disinter. * * * … Universalium
disinterment — noun The act of disintering … Wiktionary
disinterment — dis·in·ter·ment || ‚dɪsɪn tÉœËmÉ™nt n. act of removing from a grave or tomb, exhumation … English contemporary dictionary
disinterment — dis·interment … English syllables
disinterment — Wehe hou ana i ke kino kupapa u … English-Hawaiian dictionary
