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last riteses
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rites performed for death |
| Synonyms: | burial service, exequies, extreme unction, funeral ceremony, funeral rites, funeral service, last duty, last honors, last offices, memorial service, obsequies, sacrament of the sick, viaticum, visitation of the sick |
| Main Entry: | funeral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony for the dead |
| Synonyms: | burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities |
| Antonyms: | baptism, christening |
| Main Entry: | wake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal observance of a body before funeral |
| Synonyms: | deathwatch, funeral service, last rites, obsequies, rites, vigil, watch |
| Main Entry: | extreme unction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anointing of the sick |
| Synonyms: | last rites, sacrament of the sick, the holy oil of the sick, the unction of God, viaticum |
| Main Entry: | inhumation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial |
| Synonyms: | burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
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