| 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 sing. verb) the signal played on a trumpet or drum in the U.S. military forces to order the lights to be extinguished, or at the end of a funeral or memorial service. |