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

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Funerate :: Funerate (v. t.) To bury with funeral rites.

Mourner :: Mourner (n.) One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.

Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

Underbearer :: Underbearer (n.) One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall..

Exequial :: Exequial (a.) Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Bury :: Bury (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume..

Catafalque :: Catafalque (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial..

Pollinctor :: Pollinctor (n.) One who prepared corpses for the funeral.

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

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

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

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament..

Nenia :: Nenia (n.) A funeral song; an elegy.

Infuneral :: Infuneral (v. t.) To inter with funeral rites; to bury.

Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..

Obit :: Obit (n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.

Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals..

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