funer-, funero-, fun-

A reference to a funeral, burial service, or entombment.

Pertaining to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person: A funeral service is usually held in connection with the burial or cremation of those who have passed on from mortal existence.

1. A rite held to mark the burial or cremation of a corpse; especially, a ceremony held immediately before burial, or the placement of the urn containing the cremation ashes of someone who has died.
2. A procession of mourners following a dead body to its place of burial or cremation.
3. The ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person: There were several people who attended the funeral of Sam's neighbor.
4. An end, or a cessation, to the existence of something.
5. A source of concern or care: If Sharon doesn't complete this assignment, it will be her funeral."

A funeral director's conference with a family for the purpose of completing financial and service details of a funeral.

A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects.

Rituals surrounding the death of a human being and the subsequent disposition of the corpse.

Such rites may serve to mark the passage of a person from life into death, to secure the welfare of the dead, to comfort the living, and to protect the living from the dead.

A professional who prepares for a burial or other disposition of dead human bodies.

He supervises such burial or disposition, maintains a funeral establishment for such purposes, and counsels with survivors.

A building used for the purpose of embalming, arranging, and conducting funerals.

Someone whose business is the management of funerals; a mortician.

The receptacle, or container, in which the ashes of a dead person are placed after cremation.

Relating to, or suitable, for a burial or a funeral; such as, a funerary urn.

The act of burying with funeral rites.

1. A reference to a somber or mournful situation which is suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial: There were many funereal emotions when Catherine attended her mother's internment at the cemetery.
2. Pertaining to the condition of being very slow, solemn, mournful, or dismal: It was obvious that there was a funereal gloom and sadness when Karl's father was being buried.
3. Referring to a solemn and sad occasion for the departure of someone from life: There was a store which was stocked with several funereal kinds of clothing that would be appropriate to wear to the state burial of the former governor. © ALL rights are reserved.
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A reference to a funeral or suggesting a funeral.

1. Referring to something that can cause death or be fatal and dreadful: The doctor made a funest prediction regarding the cancer that the patient had.
2. Etymology: from French funeste; from Latin funestus; from funus, "a funeral, death". © ALL rights are reserved.

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