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funeral
What does funeral mean?
funeral (noun): a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use funeral in a sentence?
- Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce funeral?
/ˈfjunəɹəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does funeral come from?
Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerālia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin fūnerālis (“having to do with a funeral”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to funeral
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “funeral” mean?
a register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself
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a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased
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a capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate
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a tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory
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