laying in state
Public viewing honor
Laying in state is the formal display of a deceased person's body in a government building, allowing the public to pay respects before burial.
The honor is typically reserved for heads of state, high officials, or national figures: The senator lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
The coffin usually rests on a catafalque, often draped with a flag.
- funeralService honoring the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- closed casketBurial container kept shut
- national mourningNationwide period of sorrow
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- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
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- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
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laying in stateunmarked grave
Burial site without identification
laying in statedirect burial
Casket placed directly underground
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