funerary
adjective/ˈfjuːnərəri/
/ˈfjuːnəreri/
[only before noun] (formal)- 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
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from late Latin funerarius, from funus, funer- ‘funeral’.Definitions on the go
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