Funeral
Funeral (fū"nẽr*al) , noun
[Late Latin funeralia, prop. neut. plural of funeralis of a funeral, from Latin funus, funeris, funeral: compare French funérailles.]
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.
3.
A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural. [Obsolete]
Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals.
Funeral , adjective
[Late Latin funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
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.