faithful departed
Those who died
The faithful departed is a religious phrase, primarily Catholic, referring to deceased believers—those who died in faith and are presumed to be in God's grace.
The term appears in prayers for the dead and during commemorations like All Souls' Day: We pray for the faithful departed.
It carries a tone of reverent formality, distinguishing the Christian dead from the living faithful.
- deceasedNo longer living
- soulsImmaterial human essences
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- belovedOne who is treasured
- in loving memoryEpitaph honoring the deceased
mourning · cemetery · eternal · eternal rest · rest · rest in peace · remembrance · ancestors · heaven · grave · afterlife · requiem · spirits · passed · passed away · loss · tribute · commemoration
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
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