pallbearers
Casket transport team
Pallbearers are the people who carry a coffin at a funeral, typically six or eight, walking in formation from hearse to gravesite.
The role is usually given to close friends or family members of the deceased as a mark of honor: His brothers and childhood friends served as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers walk alongside without actually bearing weight.
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- mournersThose lamenting a death
interment · graveside · cemetery · burial · procession · undertaker · mortuary · graveyard
Move while supporting
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- hoistRaise with tackle
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
escort · accompany · transport · solemn · dignified · ceremonial · responsibility · service
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
condolences · sympathy · memorial · tribute · farewell · goodbye · closure · honoring
Joint effort toward shared aim
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- strengthPower to exert force
solidarity · brotherhood · sisterhood · comrades · friends · family · colleagues · veterans
coffin
Burial container for remains
mourners · interment · graveside · cemetery · burial · procession · undertaker · mortuary · graveyard · shroud
carry
Move while supporting
honor · escort · accompany · transport · solemn · dignified · ceremonial · responsibility · service · tradition
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
remembrance · condolences · sympathy · memorial · tribute · farewell · goodbye · closure · honoring · grieving
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
strength · solidarity · brotherhood · sisterhood · comrades · friends · family · colleagues · veterans · fraternity
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- funeral costsfuneral, casket, burial, cremation, embalming
- funeral homecasket, caskets, coffin, coffins, embalmer
- funeral processionhearse, cortege, funeral procession, mourners, casket
pallbearersgodparents
Baptismal sponsors for children
midwives · birth attendants · bridesmaids · groomsmen · flower girls