Definition of funeral

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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..

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Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Wyla :: Wyla (n.) A helmeted Australian cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Herse :: Herse (n.) A funeral ceremonial.
Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Eloge :: Eloge (n.) A panegyrical funeral oration.
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..
Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
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..
Funeration :: Funeration (n.) The act of burying with funeral rites.
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..
Nenia :: Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.
Epicede :: Epicede (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
Myriologue :: Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Knell :: Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies..
Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
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