funeral
A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
Example
“Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.”
Other meanings
A funeral sermon.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fūnus" (funeral, death, corpse).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “funeral” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.