funeral rite
funeral rite noun: a custom or ceremony pertaining to the recently dead, such as a funeral, public burial, or the Greek custom of breaking clayen vessels on the grave or in front of the deceased's house.
Noun
funeral rite (plural funeral rites)
- A custom or ceremony pertaining to the recently dead, such as a funeral, public burial, or the Greek custom of breaking clayen vessels on the grave or in front of the deceased's house.
- Although a secular funeral rite has been performed for public figures from the time of the Revolution, efforts to establish it for ordinary Soviet citizens have begun relatively late, that is from the middle sixties to the early seventies onwards. Up to then ritual specialists had shied away from...1981, Christel Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society - the Soviet Case, →ISBN
- Members of the family and friends completed the funeral rite by walking past the grave and, as they made the sign of the cross, sprinkling a handful of dirt on top of the coffin.1990, Norma Williams, The Mexican American Family: Tradition and Change, →ISBN, page 37
- Synonyms:
- obsequy
funeral rite meaning in Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit
funeral rite in Telugu
- a funeral rite, obsequies
- ఉత్తరక్రియ uttarakriya
funeral rite in Kannada
- ಅಂತ್ಯಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ ವಿಧಿ
funeral rite in Sanskrit
- a funeral rite or ceremony performed in honour of the departed spirits of dead relatives
- श्राद्ध śrāddha
Examples of funeral rite in a sentence
- Up to then ritual specialists had shied away from its institution because they realized the great philosophical and organizational problems involved in creating and conducting a secular funeral rite.1981, Christel Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society - the Soviet Case, →ISBN:
- Kallirhoe's spectacular testimonial from within the burial chamber gives a unique perspective of the "deceased" woman experiencing her own funeral rites.2007, Joan Breton Connelly, Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece, →ISBN, page 223:
- During their funeral rite they perform a special dance (called wundr) which is said to stop lions from attacking the herds.2015, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, Daryll Forde, African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, →ISBN:
- In April 2024, the late Pope Francis approved an updated edition of the liturgical book for papal funeral rites, which will guide the funeral Mass which has yet to be announced.2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News:
Synonyms of funeral rite
Forms of funeral rite
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Questions about funeral rite
- What does funeral rite mean?
- Funeral rite means a custom or ceremony pertaining to the recently dead, such as a funeral, public burial, or the Greek custom of breaking clayen vessels on the grave or in front of the deceased's house.
- What is funeral rite in Telugu?
- Funeral rite in Telugu is ఉత్తరక్రియ (uttarakriya). See Funeral rite meaning in Telugu.
- How do you use funeral rite in a sentence?
- Up to then ritual specialists had shied away from its institution because they realized the great philosophical and organizational problems involved in creating and conducting a secular funeral rite.
- What part of speech is funeral rite?
- Funeral rite is a noun.
- What is the plural of funeral rite?
- The plural of funeral rite is funeral rites.
Words near funeral rite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: funeral rite (page history and authors); ఉత్తరక్రియ (Telugu) (page history and authors); funeral rite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); श्राद्ध (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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