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Threnode :: Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song..

Eloge :: Eloge (n.) A panegyrical funeral oration.

Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals..

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Principal :: Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals..

Catafalque :: Catafalque (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial..

Arval :: Arval (n.) A funeral feast.

Undertaker :: Undertaker (n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals..

Pollinctor :: Pollinctor (n.) One who prepared corpses for the funeral.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies..

Nenia :: Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.

Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals..

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