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   funeral

   /ˈfjuːn(ə)rəl/

   noun

   • 1. a ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation: "in the afternoon, he'd attended a funeral" Similar burialburyingintermententombmentcommittalinhumationlaying to restconsignment to the gravecremationfuneral ritesobsequieslast officeswakevigilrare:sepultureexequiesOpposite exhumation
   • ▪ a sermon delivered at a funeral: "the community would call him to preach the funeral"
   • ▪ a procession of mourners at a burial: "her funeral had to pass"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.

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