funeral

[fu·ner·al]

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.

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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.

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

n.
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.

n.
The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.

n.
A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

n.
Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

Funeral

Fu"ner*al , n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf. F. fun'82railles.] 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.
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.

Funeral

Fu"ner*al, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.] Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak. Funeral pile, 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, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

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.

Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

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Usage Examples

I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.

I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

If you want to really know what your friends and family think of you die broke, and then see who shows up for the funeral.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

I'll always remember when I bumped into Good Morning America's Robin Roberts on a flight to my mother's funeral in 1994, and how kind she was during that difficult time.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.

As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people.