lying in state
Public funeral display
Lying in state is the formal public display of a deceased person's body before burial, typically in a government building.
The honor is reserved for heads of state, high officials, and national figures: Thousands filed past the president lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
The casket usually rests on a raised platform called a catafalque, often draped with a national flag.
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- closed casketBurial container kept shut
- funeralService honoring the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
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- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- political ceremoniesinauguration, oath of office, swearing in, inaugural parade, treaty signing
- Tangihangatapu, whakapapa, mana, mourning, grieving
ceremonial display vs. immediate disposition
lying in statedirect cremation
Cremation without prior viewing
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