funeral

  • 41funeral*/ — [ˈfjuːn(ə)rəl] noun [C] a ceremony that takes place after someone dies, and the formal process of taking the body to the place where it is buried or CREMATED He flew home to arrange for his father s funeral.[/ex] a funeral service/procession[/ex] …

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  • 42funeral — see one funeral makes many dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage …

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  • 43funeral — [14] Latin fūnus, a word of uncertain origin, meant ‘funeral’ and, probably secondarily, ‘corpse’. From it was derived the adjective fūnerālis, which English acquired via Old French in the 14th century. The noun funeral followed in the 16th… …

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  • 44Funeral —    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… …

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  • 45funeral — See funeral, funereal …

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  • 46funeral — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 47Funeral — business; worry; concern: That s his funeral …

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  • 48funeral — Australian Slang business; worry; concern: That s his funeral …

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  • 49funeral — s m Ceremonia solemne con la que se vela y se entierra o se incinera el cadáver de una persona: Todos sus amigos y parientes asistieron a sus funerales, Los funerales de Eduardo Mata , El presidente habló en el funeral del poeta . funeraria s f… …

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  • 50funeral — n 1. obsequies, exequies, rites or ceremonies; Rom. Cath. Ch.Requiem or Requiem Mass, black mass, Obs. obit; burial, burying, entombment, sepulture, interment, inhumation, inurnment; All Eupn. send off, farewell, last good by. 2. funeral… …

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