FUNERAL

Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, respecting, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. Customs vary widely between cultures, and between religious affiliations within cultures.

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funeral

Noun

  1. A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person.
    No one likes to go to funerals.
  2. A funeral sermon.

Adjective

  1. Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.


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