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noun
- 1. a ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation: "in the afternoon, he'd attended a funeral" Similar Opposite
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a (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person: hold a funeral The funeral will be held next Friday. Over 300 mourners attended the funeral. funeral procession Thousands lined the streets to watch the funeral procession pass by. Fewer examples.
noun. 1. : the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation. 2. chiefly dialectal : a funeral sermon. 3. : a funeral procession. 4. : an end of something's existence. 5. : a matter of concern to one : worry. if you flunk, it's your funeral.
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Funeral definition: the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.. See examples of FUNERAL used in a sentence.
Definition of funeral noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. funeral. noun. /ˈfjuːnərəl/ Idioms. a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person. Hundreds of people attended the funeral. a funeral procession. a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals) Extra Examples.
A funeral is a ceremony to bury or cremate the dead. If you go to a funeral, wear black and try not to seem like you're having fun. Funeral comes from the Latin root fūnus, for "dead body," and so a funeral is the ritual that surrounds taking care of a dead body.
a ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person: The funeral will be held next Friday. Fewer examples. a funeral procession. I'm going to the funeral of an old friend tomorrow. We've got to make the funeral arrangements. Her brother spoke at the funeral service in St Paul's Cathedral. Her funeral was held at Gorebridge Parish Church.
