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funeral doors

funeral doors is the plural of funeral door.

Meaning of funeral door

Noun

funeral door (plural funeral doors)

  1. (US) a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to allow for the movement of caskets; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in their own homes. It is a supplementary door to the main doors of the front parlor. The funeral door existed to allow for the dead to move through doors without needing to use the doorways used by the living.

Questions about funeral doors

What is funeral doors the plural of?
Funeral doors is the plural of funeral door.

Words near funeral doors in the dictionary

  1. funeral celebrants
  2. funeral director
  3. funeral directors
  4. funeral doom
  5. funeral door
  6. funeral doors
  7. funeral home
  8. funeral homes
  9. funeral march
  10. funeral marches
  11. funeral parlor

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