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FUNERAL
funeral, obsequy
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
funeral (plural funerals)
A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
(dated, chiefly, in the plural) A funeral sermon.
Adjective
funeral (not comparable)
(uncommon) Alternative form of funereal
Anagrams
• earnful, flaneur, flurane, flâneur, frenula
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"ner*al, n. Etym: [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf. F. funérailles.]
1. 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. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. Euller.
2. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. "The long funerals." Pope.
3. A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural. [Obs.] Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals. South.
Fu"ner*al, a. Etym: [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
Definition: Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak. Funeral pile, 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.
– Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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