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catafalque |
a raised platform on which a dead body, usu. in a coffin, rests during or prior to an elaborate funeral. |
cortege |
a funeral procession. [1/2 definitions] |
cremate |
to burn to ashes (esp. a human corpse in a funeral). |
dead march |
a slow, solemn piece of music, esp. a march played during a funeral procession. |
dirge |
a song or hymn for a funeral or memorial for the dead. [1/2 definitions] |
funeral |
of or pertaining to a funeral. [1/2 definitions] |
funeral director |
one who is in charge of a funeral home; undertaker; mortician. |
funeral home |
an establishment where the bodies of the dead are made ready for burial or cremation and where funeral services are sometimes held. |
funereal |
of or relating to a funeral. [1/2 definitions] |
honor guard |
a guard assigned to attend honorable persons or guests or to walk alongside the casket at a military funeral. |
knell |
the sound produced by a bell rung solemnly, as for a funeral. [1/6 definitions] |
mortician |
a person licensed to make appropriate disposition of dead human bodies; undertaker; funeral director. |
mortuary |
a place, usu. a funeral home, where dead human bodies are kept before burial or cremation. [1/2 definitions] |
mourner |
at a funeral, a relative or close friend of the dead person. [1/2 definitions] |
obituary |
a printed announcement of a person's death, usu. including a brief biography and information about funeral arrangements. |
obsequy |
(usu. pl.) a funeral rite or ceremony. |
pall1 |
a heavy cloth covering for a funeral casket, hearse, or tomb. [1/3 definitions] |
pallbearer |
one of several persons who carry or accompany the casket at a funeral. |
suttee |
an old Hindu custom, now banned in India, in which a widow would allow herself to be cremated alive upon her husband's funeral pyre. |
taps |
(used with a singular verb) the signal played on a trumpet or drum in the U.S. military forces. Taps are used as a signal for lights to be put out, or at the end of a funeral service. |
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