pallbearing
Shouldering the deceased
Pallbearing is the act of carrying or attending a coffin at a funeral.
Pallbearers walk alongside or physically support the casket, conveying it from hearse to gravesite or through the service.
The role is typically an honor given to close friends or family members: He was asked to do the pallbearing for his uncle's funeral.
Burial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- intermentPutting a body underground
graveside · cremation · undertaker · mortician · cemetery · graveyard · tombstone · mausoleum
Ceremonial attendant procession
- marchRhythmic group walk
- escortOne who accompanies another
- fileStored collection of data
- columnVertical structural element
advance · walk · aisle · churchyard · formation · final journey · slow march · honorary
Mechanism for vertical transport
step · coordination · balance · weight · handle · drape · positioning · synchronize
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · lamentation · consolation · sympathy · condolence · remembrance · farewell · goodbye
High regard, moral dignity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- serviceAid or maintenance
- tributeOffering of respect
respect · reverence · dignity · solemnity · somber · gravity · final act · trust
Tribute for the dead
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- requiemMass for the deceased
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
memorial service · celebration of life · officiant · reading · hymn · prayer · rite · ritual
casket
Burial container
- coffinBurial container for remains
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- burialPlacing deceased underground
interment · graveside · cremation · undertaker · mortician · cemetery · graveyard · tombstone · mausoleum · crypt
cortege
Ceremonial attendant procession
column · advance · walk · aisle · churchyard · formation · final journey · slow march · honorary · shoulder
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
lower · step · coordination · balance · weight · handle · drape · positioning · synchronize · steady
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
heartache · anguish · lamentation · consolation · sympathy · condolence · remembrance · farewell · goodbye · closure
honor
High regard, moral dignity
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- serviceAid or maintenance
tribute · respect · reverence · dignity · solemnity · somber · gravity · final act · trust · privilege
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- requiemMass for the deceased
last rites · memorial service · celebration of life · officiant · reading · hymn · prayer · rite · ritual · observance
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- death ritesfuneral, cremation, burial, natural burial, sea burial
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- tributehomage, reverence, eulogy, commemoration, veneration
- burialburial, cremation, interment, grave, entombment
bear, born, bearing, unbearable, bearer, pall, bearers, pallbearer, pallbearers