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hearse

[ hurs ]

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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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hearselike 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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Example Sentences

The lead-off car for this week’s march will be a hearse, carrying what organizers say will be a symbolic representation of Manchin’s backbone.

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From those grounds, we watched as the hearse and motorcade made its way down the dusty driveway that August afternoon and the world bid farewell to truly an American original.

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Police on motorcycles escorted the hearse to Arlington National Ceremony as hundreds of officers stood in lines.

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The hearse then made its way to Annapolis, where Miller served in the General Assembly for 50 years.

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Scores of officers lined up outside the Capitol and saluted as a hearse carrying Sicknick’s remains passed by.

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