funeral attendance
Paying last respects
Funeral attendance is the act of going to a funeral, or the number of people who show up.
The phrase appears in discussions of social obligation and grief: Funeral attendance is expected when a close colleague loses a spouse.
It also describes turnout: Funeral attendance was modest—maybe thirty people.
- mourningPeriod following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- final goodbyeConclusive parting statement
- casketBurial container
paying respects · open casket · burial · burial plot · cemetery · black · black dress · condolences · eulogy · life celebration · wake · visitation · receiving line · guest book · flowers · procession · hearse · graveside
funeral attendancebirth celebration
Event honoring new life
celebration of life · welcome home party · anniversary celebration
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