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fu⋅ner⋅al
[fyoo-ner-uh
l] 
| 1. | the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies. |
| 2. | a funeral procession. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to a funeral: funeral services; funeral expenses. |
| 4. | be someone's funeral, Informal. to have unpleasant consequences for someone: If you don't finish the work on time, it will be your funeral! |
1350–1400; ME (adj.) < ML fūnerālis, equiv. to L fūner-, s. of fūnus funeral rites + -ālis -al 1 ; (n.), from early 16th cent., prob. < MF funerailles < ML fūnerālia, neut. pl. of fūnerālis
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| fu·ner·al (fyōō'nər-əl) n.
[Middle English funerelles, funeral rites, from Old French funerailles, from Medieval Latin fūnerālia, neuter pl. of fūnerālis, funereal, from Late Latin, from Latin fūnus, fūner-, death rites; see dheuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Funeral
Fu"ner*al\, n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf. F. fun['e]railles.]1. The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. --Euller. 2. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. "The long funerals." --Pope. 3. A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural. [Obs.] Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals. --South.Funeral
Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.] Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak. Funeral pile, a structure of combustible material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. -- Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.Cite This Source
funeral (n.)
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Funeral
Burying was among the Jews the only mode of disposing of corpses (Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 35:8, 9, etc.). The first traces of burning the dead are found in 1 Sam. 31:12. The burning of the body was affixed by the law of Moses as a penalty to certain crimes (Lev. 20:14; 21:9). To leave the dead unburied was regarded with horror (1 Kings 13:22; 14:11; 16:4; 21:24, etc.). In the earliest times of which we have record kinsmen carried their dead to the grave (Gen. 25:9; 35:29; Judg. 16:31), but in later times this was done by others (Amos 6:16). Immediately after decease the body was washed, and then wrapped in a large cloth (Acts 9:37; Matt. 27:59; Mark 15:46). In the case of persons of distinction, aromatics were laid on the folds of the cloth (John 19:39; comp. John 12:7). As a rule the burial (q.v.) took place on the very day of the death (Acts 5:6, 10), and the body was removed to the grave in an open coffin or on a bier (Luke 7:14). After the burial a funeral meal was usually given (2 Sam. 3:35; Jer. 16:5, 7; Hos. 9:4).
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funeral
see it's your funeral.
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funeral
any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial
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