Exhumer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Exhumer is a noun meaning One who exhumes.
Meaning
One who exhumes.
Example Sentences
In the medieval period monks were enthusiastic exhumers of the mortal remains of the holiest of individuals.
Lucia del Monte, in that city he painted a picture representing Pope St. Pasquale, a great church-builder and exhumer of holy corpses.
Resurrectionist: […] since about 1776, an exhumer and stealer of corpses which were later (or perhaps better, sooner) sold to anatomists for dissection and research.
As each skull was taken out, the exhumer held it up to the view of the onlookers, when a wailing cry would be heard as they greeted the remains of their dead relative.
Word Forms
- exhumers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exhumator, exhaler, excreter, exonerator, excavator, extraditer.
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