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Noun: funeral  fyoo-nu-rul
  1. A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

Derived forms: funerals

See also: funerary, funereal, mortuary

Type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance

Encyclopedia: Funeral