funeral solemnities
1funeral — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obsequies; burial, interment, entombment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rites for the dead] Syn. burial, interment, last rites, obsequies, memorial service, burial ceremony, sepulture, entombment, mortuary… …
2funeral — n. Obsequies, exequies, burial, interment, burial rites, funeral solemnities, funeral rites …
3funeral — [n] ceremony for the dead burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities; concepts 172,386 Ant. baptism, christening …
4Funeral — This article is about the ceremony. For other uses, see Funeral (disambiguation). The funeral of Pope John Paul II A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise… …
5Solemnities — Solemnity So*lem ni*ty, n.; pl. {Solemnities}. [L. solemnitas, solennitas: cf. F. solennit[ e], solemnit[ e], OF. also sollempnit[ e].] 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a …
6Altar Canopy — • The Caeremoniale Episcoporum (I, xii, 13), treating of the ornaments of the altar, says that a canopy (baldachinum) should be suspended over the altar Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Altar Canopy Altar Canopy …
7Catafalque — Cat a*falque , n. [F., fr. It. catafalco, scaffold, funeral canopy; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. catafalso, cadahalso, cadalso, Pr. casafalc, OF. chafaut. Cf. {Scaffold}.] A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent …
8obsequies — n. pl. Exequies, funeral rites, funeral solemnities, obit …
9George Washington Parke Custis — (April 30, 1781 ndash; October 10, 1857), the adopted son (and also stepgrandson) of United States President George Washington, was a nineteenth century American writer, orator, and agricultural reformer.Through his mother Eleanor Calvert Custis… …
10Gregory VII, Saint — orig. Hildebrand born 1020, near Soana, Papal States died May 25, 1085, Salerno, Principality of Salerno; canonized 1606; feast day May 25 Pope (1073–85). Educated in a monastery in Rome where his uncle was abbot, he rose to become a cardinal and …
