funeral
n. countablen. a ceremony held for a person who has died. It usually happens before the body is buried or burned, and it gives friends and family a chance to say goodbye.
n. a ceremony or ritual held shortly after a person's death, typically involving the burial or cremation of the deceased. Often accompanied by religious or secular rites to honour the life of the individual.
Many people attended the funeral to pay their respects.
The family requested that guests wear bright colours to the funeral to celebrate her vibrant life.
The solemnity of the state funeral was underscored by a silent procession through the city streets, drawing thousands of mourners who stood in quiet tribute to the fallen leader.
Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerālia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin fūnerālis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin fūnus (“funeral, death, corpse”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”). Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until circa 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus. First attested in 1437. Displaced native Old English līcþeġnung (literally “dead body service”).
Commonly used with the verbs 'attend', 'hold', or 'conduct'.