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View synonyms for hearse
hearse
[ hurs ]
noun
- a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
- a canopy erected over a tomb.
hearse
/ hɜːs /
noun
- a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetery or crematorium
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- hearselike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hearse1
1250–1300; Middle English herse < Middle French herce a harrow < Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hearse1
C14: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow
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