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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

funeral

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1: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

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