 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
funeral
noun: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated;
"hundreds of people attended his funeral"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, adjective [LL. funeralis. See {Funeral}, noun]
Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.
{Funeral pile} or {Funeral pyre}, 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}, adverb [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Funeral \Fu"ner*al\ (f[=u]"n[~e]r*al), noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "funeral":
burial, burial at sea, burying, caravan, cavalcade, cinerary,
column, cortege, cremation, dead march, deep six, dirge, dirgelike,
dismal, dress parade, entombment, epitaphic, exequial, exequies,
feral, flyover, funebrial, funebrious, funebrous,
funeral procession, funerary, funereal, inhumation, interment,
last post, line, march past, mortuary, motorcade, mournful,
muffled drum, mule train, necrological, obituary, obsequial,
obsequies, pack train, parade, pomp, procession, promenade, review,
sepulchral, sepulture, skimmington, stream, string, taps, train
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
FUNERAL, noun A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by
enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure
that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
The savage dies -- they sacrifice a horse
To bear to happy hunting-grounds the corse.
Our friends expire -- we make the money fly
In hope their souls will chase it to the sky.
Jex Wopley
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Funeral
Burying was among the Jews the only mode of disposing of corpses
(Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 35:8, 9, etc.).
The first traces of burning the dead are found in 1 Sam.
31:12. The burning of the body was affixed by the law of Moses
as a penalty to certain crimes (Lev. 20:14; 21:9).
To leave the dead unburied was regarded with horror (1 Kings
13:22; 14:11; 16:4; 21:24, etc.).
In the earliest times of which we have record kinsmen carried
their dead to the grave (Gen. 25:9; 35:29; Judg. 16:31), but in
later times this was done by others (Amos 6:16).
Immediately after decease the body was washed, and then
wrapped in a large cloth (Acts 9:37; Matt. 27:59; Mark 15:46).
In the case of persons of distinction, aromatics were laid on
the folds of the cloth (John 19:39; comp. John 12:7).
As a rule the burial (q.v.) took place on the very day of the
death (Acts 5:6, 10), and the body was removed to the grave in
an open coffin or on a bier (Luke 7:14). After the burial a
funeral meal was usually given (2 Sam. 3:35; Jer. 16:5, 7; Hos.
9:4).
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