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Definition of funerary adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

funerary

adjective
 
/ˈfjuːnərəri/
 
/ˈfjuːnəreri/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. connected with a funeral (= ceremony for a dead person) or remembering the dead
    • funerary rites/monuments
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFunerary is used with these nouns:
    • chapel
    • inscription
    • monument
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from late Latin funerarius, from funus, funer- ‘funeral’.
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