funeral ritual

collocation in English

meaningsoffuneralandritual

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funeral
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfjuː.nər.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.nɚ.əl/
a (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a ...
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ritual
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/us
/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way ...
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(Definition offuneralandritualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If, however, ideas about disposal have changed, these respondents' views onfuneralritualremained in close accord with those of an earlier period.
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When someone dies the family now has to call a funeral director and carefully plan thefuneralritual.
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These sculptures are thought to have been used as part of afuneralritual.
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This event may be part of a largerfuneralritual.
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Similarly, satisfactory funeral rituals could add value and meaning to the death and so assist in defining it according to the good\\bad dichotomy.
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The loutrophoros was used to help hold water during marriage and funeral rituals, and was placed in the tombs of the unmarried.
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The game plays an important role in the social life of saramaccans, and it is especially connected to funeral rituals.
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The main reason the funeral rituals are performed is so that the dead will be reborn into the same family.
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The war disrupted the usual funeral rituals.
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They also practiced simple funeral rituals.
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Because her funeral rituals are not concluded properly, she becomes a hungry ghost, who wanders far beyond the inner world of women that constrained her in her youth.
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