Funeral

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.
  • noun. The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.
  • noun. The burial procession accompanying a body to the grave.
  • noun. An end or a cessation of existence.
  • noun. A source of concern or care.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to burial or sepulture; used, spoken, etc., at the interment of the dead; as, a funeral torch; funeral rites; a funeral train or procession; a funeral oration.
  • noun. The ceremony of burying a dead person; the solemnization of interment; obsequies: formerly used also in the plural.
  • noun. A procession of persons attending the burial of the dead; a funeral train.
  • noun. A funeral sermon: usually in the plural, Davies.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead.
  • adjective. a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre.
  • adjective. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
  • noun. A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Being related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.
  • noun. A ceremony to honour of a deceased person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
  • Word Usage
    "- Letting your daughter show up in her street clothes to her grandmother's funeral (I had a really hard time believing anyone would actually do this, even if it was probably played for laughs, but maybe somebody has had a different experience?) - Grandmother's * funeral*!"
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