| Main Entry: | last rites |
| 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: | burial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laying in of dead body |
Synonyms: |
burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
| 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 |