hearse

[ hurs ]
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noun
  1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.

  2. a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.

  1. a canopy erected over a tomb.

Origin of hearse

1
1250–1300; Middle English herse<Middle French herce a harrow <Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex

Other words from hearse

  • hearselike, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for hearse

hearse

/ (hɜːs) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of hearse

1
C14: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow

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