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hearse
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hearse  (hûrs)
n.
1. A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery.
2. Roman Catholic Church A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week.
3. A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs.

[Middle English herse, a harrow-shaped structure for holding candles over a coffin, from Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin hirpex, hirpic-, harrow, probably from Oscan hirpus, wolf (alluding to its teeth).]

hearse [hɜːs]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetary or crematorium
[from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hearsehearse - a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
Translations
hearse [hɜːs] Ncoche m or (LAm) carro m fúnebre

hearse [ˈhɜːrs] ncorbillard m

hearse
nLeichenwagen m

hearse [hɜːs] ncarro funebre
hearse [hɜːs] ncarro funebre

hearse
n hearse [həːs]
a car used for carrying a dead body in a coffin to a cemetery etc. lykswa عَرَبَة أو سَيّارة الموتى катафалка pohřební vůz ligvogn der Leichenwagen νεκροφόρα coche/carro fúnebre surnuvanker آمبولانس نعش كش ruumisauto corbillard רֶכֶב לְהֲסַעַת אָרון מֵתִים शव वाहन mrtvacka kola halottaskocsi mobil jenazah líkvagn carro funebre 霊柩車 영구차 katafalkas katafalks; līķrati kereta mayat lijkwagen likvogn, begravelsesbil karawan carro funerário dric катафалк pohrebný voz mrliški voz mrtvačka kola likbil รถศพ cenaze arabası 靈車 катафалк تابوت گاڑی xe tang


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Growing up close to the church and the hospital, Bobby tells us, guarantees that "the refrains of my life are bells and sirens, hearses and ambulances, cassocks and caskets, the impenetrable black stone of silence and solitude.
Revenues from his three hearses, which are available at $50 per hour when funeral homes need additional help, are expected to drop slightly to $80,000, from $97,000 last year.
A ramp that is entered through gates on the south side of the upper floor leads down to a generous underground manoeuvring area for hearses.
 
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