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Definitions for: Funeral
[n] a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
Webster (1913) Definition: Fu"ner*al, n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of
funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf.
F. fun['e]railles.]
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. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
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.
See Also: burial, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, entombment, inhumation, interment, observance, sepulture
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