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fu·ner·al  (fynr-l)
n.
1.
a. A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.
b. Archaic The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.
2. The burial procession accompanying a body to the grave.
3. An end or a cessation of existence.
4. Slang A source of concern or care: If he doesn't meet the deadline, it's his funeral.
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral.

[Middle English funerelles, funeral rites, from Old French funerailles, from Medieval Latin fnerlia, neuter pl. of fnerlis, funereal, from Late Latin, from Latin fnus, fner-, death rites; see dheu- in Indo-European roots.]

funeral
Noun
1. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
2. it's your funeral Informal a mistake has been made and you alone will be responsible for its consequences
Adjective
of or for a funeral [Latin funus]
funerary adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.funeralfuneral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
sky burial - a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures

funeral
Translations
funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] n (= burial) → entierro (= ceremony); funerales mpl

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] nenterrement m, obsèques fpl (more formal occasion)

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] nBeerdigung f

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] nfunerale m

funeral
n funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl]
the ceremony before the burying or cremation of a dead body A large number of people attended the president's funeral; (also adjective ) a funeral procession. begrafnis جَنازَه погребение pohřeb; pohřební begravelse; begravelses- das Begräbnis, Begräbnis-... κηδεία funeral matus(ed) مراسم خاکسپاری hautajaiset funérailles לְוָויָה क्रिया कर्म pogreb, sprovod; pogrebni temetés upacara pemakaman útför, jarðarför funerale 葬式 장례식; 장례식의 laidotuvės bēres; bēru- upacara pengebumian begrafenis begravelse, gravferd, jordfesting pogrzeb funeral funeralii, înmormântare похороны pohreb; pohrebný pogreb; pogreben sahrana begravning งานศพ cenaze töreni 葬禮 похорон مردے کے تجہیز و تکفین đám tang


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In life but few of them would have helped the whale, I ween, if peradventure he had needed it; but upon the banquet of his funeral they most piously do pounce.
Cruncher made out that some kind of funeral was coming along, and that there was popular objection to this funeral, which engendered uproar.
Trefusis was very wealthy, he added that he had been told so, but believed the money had not come from the lady; that people seldom cared to go to a great expense for a funeral unless they came into something good by the death; and that some parties the more they had the more they grudged.
 
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