Funeral

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A funeral sermon;

— usually in the plural.

II. Funeral ·noun Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.

III. Funeral ·noun The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an Interment.

IV. Funeral ·noun 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.