funeral rite
Last honors service
A funeral rite is a ceremony or ritual performed in connection with death and burial.
The term encompasses religious services, cultural traditions, and formal procedures honoring the deceased: The funeral rites included a procession to the cemetery.
Different cultures observe vastly different funeral rites, from cremation ceremonies to elaborate multi-day observances.
- memorial serviceEvent honoring the deceased
- cremationBurning the deceased
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
- open casketFuneral with visible remains
- intermentPutting a body underground
keening · mourning period · obsequies · flower arrangement · final farewell · threnody · sepulture · ceremony · eulogy · Dies Irae · necrology · memento mori · grief · black veil · requiem · libation · dirge · committal
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- Lutheran worshiphymnal, lectionary, service book, pulpit, altar
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- mourningburial, grief, bereavement, wake, grieving
- ritualsceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer, baptism
- Catholic Ritesholy orders, matrimony, adult baptism, infant baptism, wedding Mass
funeral ritebirth ceremony
Rite marking new life
christening · baptism · naming ceremony · welcoming ceremony · baby shower
funeral ritecelebration
Festive event marking occasion
wedding · wedding ceremony · festivity · jubilee · revelry
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