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funerary, a.|ˈfjuːnərərɪ| [ad. late L. fūnerārius, f. fūner-, fūnus: see funeral. Cf. F. funéraire.] Of or pertaining to a funeral or burial.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxiii. 185 Those Funerary and Obsequial Festivals. a1822Shelley Pr. Wks. (1880) III. 62 It was probably an altar to Bacchus, possibly a funerary urn. 1866Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 7/3 The deciphering of Egyptian funerary rolls. 1890A. B. Edwards in Century Mag. Jan. XXXIX. 328 The sacred cats..had their funerary bronzes laid beside them in the grave. |