Funeral | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Fū'ner-al, n.

noun

n. [Sp. funeral, It. funerale, Fr. funérailles, L. Lat. funeralia, Pr. & O. Sp. funerarias. See infra.] 1. The ceremony of burying a dead human body; the solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; — formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster. Fuller. 2. The procession of persons attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment. “The long funerals.” Pope.

Fū'ner-al, a.

adjective

a. [L. Lat. funeralis, from funus, funeral; Sp. funeral, It. funerale.] Pertaining to burial; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. Shak.

Fu-nē're-al, a.

adjective

(89), a. [Lat. funereus, from funus, funeral.] Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; hence, dark; dismal; mournful. Bp. Taylor.

What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. Longfellow.