pallbearer
Funeral casket carrier
A pallbearer is one of several people who carry or escort a coffin at a funeral.
The term comes from the pall, a cloth draped over a coffin.
Pallbearers are typically chosen from close friends or family members of the deceased: He was honored to serve as a pallbearer at his uncle's funeral.
Formal moving line
- casketBurial container
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- funeral marchMusic accompanying a coffin
graveside · committal · interment · last rites · vigil · service · chapel · church
Mechanism for vertical transport
balance · coordinate · step · walk · lower · support · strain · weight
Move while supporting
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- tributeOffering of respect
service · tradition · escort · support · accompany · shoulder · convey · transport
Conservative men's outfit
- black tieFormal evening dress code
- white glovesPale formal handwear
- formal wearElegant occasion clothing
- dress shoesElegant footwear for occasions
Person connected by blood
- close friendIntimate, trusted companion
- colleagueProfessional associate
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- fraternity brotherMale Greek organization member
lodge member · teammate · coworker · neighbor · classmate · mentor · protégé
procession
Formal moving line
funeral march · graveside · committal · interment · last rites · vigil · service · chapel · church · requiem mass
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
steady · balance · coordinate · step · walk · lower · support · strain · weight · synchronize
carry
Move while supporting
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
tribute · service · tradition · escort · support · accompany · shoulder · convey · transport · entrust
dark suit
Conservative men's outfit
- black tieFormal evening dress code
- white glovesPale formal handwear
- formal wearElegant occasion clothing
family member
Person connected by blood
- close friendIntimate, trusted companion
- colleagueProfessional associate
- veteranExperienced former soldier
fraternity brother · lodge member · teammate · coworker · neighbor · classmate · mentor · protégé
- bearerstorchbearer, cupbearer
- funeral rolesmourner, officiant, funeral director, eulogist, undertaker
- funeral workersundertaker, mortician, embalmer, funeral director, funeral home owner
- funeral customsburial, funeral, cremation, funeral procession, casket
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
pallbearergodparent
Baptismal ceremony guardian
midwife · birth attendant · doula · baby carrier · maternity nurse