1. funeral - Noun
2. funeral - Adjective
The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural.
The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral. Charles Lamb
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. Henry Ward Beecher
We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content. Eduardo Galeano
He is still alive because he cannot afford a funeral. Persian Proverb
One funeral makes many. English Proverb
Funeral sermon, lying sermon. German Proverb