death rite
Final farewell service
A death rite is a ceremonial practice performed in connection with dying or death—funerals, wakes, burials, cremations, and rituals preparing the dying for passage.
Different cultures have elaborate death rites: The tribe's death rites lasted seven days.
The term encompasses both religious observances and secular traditions honoring the dead.
- funeralService honoring the dead
- funeral homeFacility for death services
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- burial groundLand for interring remains
cremation · mourning · mourning period · eulogy · final farewell · grave · casket · open casket · lying in state · wake · vigil · requiem · dirge · funeral march · shroud · pyre · ashes · ash scattering
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- ritualsceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer, baptism
- ritual dramamystery play, mystery plays, passion play, passion plays, morality play
- sacred riteswedding, funeral, burial, cremation, christening
- traditional ruleetiquette, protocol, ceremony, dress code, table manners
- Norse ritualsblot, blood sacrifice, animal sacrifice, blood offering, temple offering
death ritebirth ceremony
Rite marking new life
birth celebration · christening · baptism · naming ceremony · baby blessing
death riteinitiation rite
Formal entry ceremony
coming-of-age ceremony · confirmation · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · quinceañera
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