Definition of funeral

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

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Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
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..
Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
Nenia :: Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
Pollinctor :: Pollinctor (n.) One who prepared corpses for the funeral.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Funereal :: Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
Herse :: Herse (n.) A funeral ceremonial.
Wyla :: Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.
Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A funeral pile; a pyre.
Exequial :: Exequial (a.) Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
Dirge :: Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn..
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..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..
Arval :: Arval (n.) A funeral feast.
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..
Bannerol :: Bannerol (n.) A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.
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