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funerary

funerary

1 8.1
About ceremonies for burying a dead person
  • adjective
  • /ˈfjuːnəˌrɛri/
translation icon : funerario
  • Such items include human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and items of cultural patrimony.
  • funerary objects
  • funerary rituals
  • funerary rites

But they found all kinds of examples of funerary glyphs or hieroglyphs in his in his necropolis that show him.

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Examples

  • Philadelphian George W. Childs, master of funerary poetry, championed the movement and underwrote it heavily himself.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The archaeologists uncovered several beautifully decorated funerary urns that had been buried for centuries.

  • The NMAI is also serious about the return and special treatment of human remains and funerary objects in its collection.

    Academic text (2004)

  • "You must be referring to Egyptian funerary beliefs."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • For some reason, the Christian missionaries allowed the funerary practices to continue under their religion as the practices had in the past.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Such stone plaques, carved in high relief, have been used in a funerary context.

    Academic text (2005)

  • By 2009, museums and federal agencies had affiliated and/or returned the remains of roughly 40,000 individuals and a million funerary objects.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Called mastabas (Arabic for "bench"), each of these buildings consists of a central room for funerary objects, a burial chamber, and additional rooms.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The Kurumba use these headdresses in funerary and agricultural contexts, which are linked to the veneration of ancestors.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Likewise depicting generic activities, but much earlier in date, are the representations of funerary rites and processions on Han tomb walls.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

funereal
vsfunerary
3 8.1

Having a sad, serious mood like a ceremony for someone who has died

is concerned with items or actions made for funeral rites rather than mood
sepulchral
vsfunerary
  • Literature
1 9.9

Gloomy and quiet like a tomb or a funeral

is more neutral and relates to funeral rites rather than gloomy atmosphere
mortuary
vsfunerary
7.5

Having a sad, quiet feeling like at a funeral

focuses specifically on things made or used for funeral rites

Surface Forms

funerary positive

Morphology

funerary = funeral (transparent) = funeral + ary

Clearly formed from the noun 'funeral' plus the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ary', yielding 'relating to a funeral'.

Etymology

Funerary comes from the Latin word funus, which meant 'funeral' or 'burial'. So, because it shares the same root as the common word funeral, funerary describes things made for or used at a funeral or burial.