| Main Entry: | commemoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
Synonyms: |
celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute |
Antonyms: |
forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | requiem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hymn, mass |
Synonyms: |
canticle, ceremony, chant, death song, dirge, elegy, eulogy, funeral hymn, liturgy, memorial service, monody, psalm, religious song, ritual, sermon, threnody, worship |
| 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 |