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., The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment., A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural., Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.
There preparing Alyson for her funeral.
It is comfort to the family. We are like sheep and God is our leader.
There will be not formal further viewing of the body, which will be directly conveyed to the cemetery after the funeral mass- this case is closed, pun intended.
The wake is specifically for you to go and view the body of the person who has passed on. The funeral's purpose is to celebrate the person's life and to lay them to rest.
It is comfort to the family. We are like sheep and God is our leader.
It could relate to the tolling of a bell, generally to announce a death or a funeral
It has no significance except to you. There is no special meaning.
Yes, the term 'funeral director' is a noun; a word for a person, a word for a profession.The noun 'funeral director' is an open space compound noun.A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words that form a noun with a meaning of its own.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
He names them after his ex-wives and gives them a viking funeral. Meaning he sets them on fire.
A funeral greeter cleans and drive funeral vehicles in a funeral procession. You have to place caskets in parlors or chaples to wake or funeral.
It is not a wake. the wake is at the funeral home where the body is viewed. what you are describing is an after-funeral Supper, possibly this practice ( which is not religious- not a mass or anything like that) might correlate to the Last Supper of Christ and the Apostles- or the related Lutheran term-Lord"s Supper- usually applied to Communion. Not a wake! Come alive!