funeral
noun
[ ˈfjuːn(ə)r(ə)l ]
• a ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation.
• "in the afternoon, he'd attended a funeral"
Similar:
burial,
burying,
interment,
entombment,
committal,
inhumation,
laying to rest,
consignment to the grave,
cremation,
funeral rites,
obsequies,
last offices,
wake,
vigil,
sepulture,
exequies,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.
