adjective.
Similar to a funeral, such as dignified or solemn.
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adjective.
suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Word Usage
"The readings of the first nocturn of Tenebrae are from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and have, in our rite, a special and distinctive "funereal" chant."