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Dirge :: Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn..

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

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..

Saulie :: Saulie (n.) A hired mourner at a funeral.

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

Exequy :: Exequy (n.) A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

Hearselike :: Hearselike (a.) Suitable to 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..

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

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

Funeration :: Funeration (n.) The act of burying with funeral rites.

Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..

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.

Myriologue :: Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend..

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..

Sable :: Sable (n.) A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.

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

Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..

Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.

Funereal :: Funereal (a.) Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.

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