funeral procession

Hearse-led solemn parade

A funeral procession is the formal movement of mourners, vehicles, and the hearse carrying a deceased person's body from one location to another—typically from a funeral service to a burial site.

By custom and often by law, other traffic yields to a funeral procession: Cars pulled over as the funeral procession passed.

The slow, solemn convoy serves as both practical transport and public acknowledgment of death.

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Opposites
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Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG