funeral
Rite for deceased
A funeral is a ceremony held after someone dies, typically involving rituals of mourning and disposal of the body through burial or cremation.
The word extends to the procession accompanying the deceased: The funeral passed slowly through town.
It's your funeral means the consequences are yours to bear—a warning that someone's choice will end badly for them.
Serious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- intermentPutting a body underground
tomb · mausoleum · crypt · sepulcher · headstone · plot · urn · cremation
Vehicle transporting caskets
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- escortOne who accompanies another
convoy · processional · march · caisson · mourners · limousine · slow-march · dirge
Ceremonial set of actions
- serviceAid or maintenance
- wakePath left in water
- intermentPutting a body underground
- requiemMass for the deceased
mass · obsequies · committal · vigil · memorial · graveside · visitation · procession
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
heartache · anguish · tears · grieving · loss · woe · sadness · coping
Offering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- speechOral communication ability
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
panegyric · oratory · reminiscence · anecdote · reflection · testimonial · obituary · commendation
Medical examination after death
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
- remainsContinues in place
- coronerPublic death investigator
mortician · undertaker · crematorium · preparation · viewing · preservation · identification · repatriation
grave
Serious and worrying
interment · tomb · mausoleum · crypt · sepulcher · headstone · plot · urn · cremation · graveyard
hearse
Vehicle transporting caskets
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
escort · convoy · processional · march · caisson · mourners · limousine · slow-march · dirge
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
requiem · mass · obsequies · committal · vigil · memorial · graveside · visitation · procession · rites
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
lamentation · heartache · anguish · tears · grieving · loss · woe · sadness · coping · healing
tribute
Offering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- speechOral communication ability
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
homily · panegyric · oratory · reminiscence · anecdote · reflection · testimonial · obituary · commendation · encomium
autopsy
Medical examination after death
coroner · mortician · undertaker · crematorium · preparation · viewing · preservation · identification · repatriation
mass
Quantity of matter
clergy · chapel · priest · minister · rabbi · imam · hymns · prayers · scripture · benediction
solemnity
Serious, dignified quality
somberness · formality · decorum · respectfulness · silence · composure · subdued · somber · hushed · mournful
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- gatheringsgathering, gatherings, parties, party, reunion
- Occasionswedding, birthday, anniversary, graduation, reunion
funeralchristening
Ceremony naming a child
birth · baptism · naming ceremony · birth celebration · baby shower
funeralwedding
Marriage rite and feast
graduation · birthday party · commencement · welcome ceremony · housewarming
- funeral directorsThose who arrange burials
- funeral homeFacility for death services
- funeral processionFormal journey to interment
- funeral insurancePolicy covering interment expenses
- funeral serviceCeremony for the deceased
- funeral marchMusic accompanying a coffin