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funebrial

funebrial adjective: pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.

Adjective

funebrial (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
    • intended for funebrial purposes
    • they [garlands] were convivial, festival, sacrificial, nuptial, honorary, funebrialc. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Forms of funebrial

alternative formfunebral

Origin of funebrial

From Latin funebris (“belonging to a funeral”), from funus (“funeral”).

Questions about funebrial

What does funebrial mean?
Funebrial means pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
What part of speech is funebrial?
Funebrial is an adjective.

Words near funebrial in the dictionary

  1. fundusectomies
  2. fundusectomy
  3. fundy
  4. Fundy Bay
  5. funebral
  6. funebrial
  7. funebrious
  8. funemployed
  9. funemployment
  10. Funen
  11. funeral

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