Arval

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or relating to arable or plowed land.
  • noun. A funeral feast; a wake.
  • Connected with or relating to funeral celebrations.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A funeral feast.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A funeral feast or wake, as was traditional in Scotland and the North of England.
  • adjective. Connected with or relating to funeral celebrations.
  • Word Usage
    "Much New England rum was consumed at this gathering, and also before the procession to the grave, and after the interment the whole party returned to the house for an "arval," and drank again."
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    larval  marvel