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