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.
Eloge :: Eloge (n.) A panegyrical funeral oration.
Arval :: Arval (n.) A funeral feast.
Funerate :: Funerate (v. t.) To bury with funeral rites.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Toll :: Toll (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person..
Underbearer :: Underbearer (n.) One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall..
Infuneral :: Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury.
Wyla :: Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.
Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
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..
Funeration :: Funeration (n.) The act of burying with funeral rites.
Threnode :: Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song..
Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Dirge :: Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn..
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals..
Undertaker :: Undertaker (n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals..
Funeral :: 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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