Definition of funeral

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

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Hearselike :: Hearselike (a.) Suitable to a funeral.
Funeration :: Funeration (n.) The act of burying with funeral rites.
Arval :: Arval (n.) A funeral feast.
Myriologue :: Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend..
Bierbalk :: Bierbalk (n.) A church road (e. g., a path across fields) 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..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
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..
Saulie :: Saulie (n.) A hired mourner at a funeral.
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..
Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Undertaker :: Undertaker (n.) Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..
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..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A funeral pile; a pyre.
Exequial :: Exequial (a.) Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
Threnode :: Threnode (n.) A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song..
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