memorial feast

Meal honoring deceased

A memorial feast is a meal held in honor of someone who has died, typically following a funeral or on the anniversary of a death.

The gathering combines mourning with celebration of the deceased's life, often featuring foods the person enjoyed or dishes traditional to the family's culture.

After the burial, everyone returned to the house for the memorial feast.

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gathering · family gathering · loved ones · eulogy · toast · mourning · banquet · repast · breaking bread · vigil · ceremony · reception · condolence · honoring · deceased · passing on · rest in peace · final farewell

Opposites
temporal orientation

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Annual celebration of birth

wedding feast · baby shower · engagement party · anniversary celebration · welcome party

emotional tone

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Festive event marking occasion

revelry · jubilee · bacchanal · merrymaking · festivity

purpose and occasion

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Celebratory meal for one's day

wedding banquet · birth celebration · graduation dinner · anniversary celebration · quinceañera

Family

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