vivisepulture /ˌvɪvɪˈsɛpəlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ noun1 •The practice of burying someone alive.As in most hot climates so in Egypt the dead are buried at once despite the risk of vivisepulture. This seems an instinct with the Semitic (Arabian) race teste Abraham, as with the Gypsy. — 1885
