Definition of funeral

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Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..

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Nenia :: Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
Bannerol :: Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Funebrial :: Funebrial (a.) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Gladiator :: Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement..
Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
Infuneral :: Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury.
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..
Knell :: Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything..
Sable :: Sable (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Undertaker :: Undertaker (n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals..
Threnode :: Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song..
Funereal :: Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.
Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Knell :: Knell (n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
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