funeral+rites
121wax sculpture — Figures modeled or molded in beeswax, either as finished pieces or for use as forms for casting metal (see lost wax casting) or creating preliminary models. At ordinary temperatures, beeswax can be cut and molded easily, it melts at a low… …
122Garland — • A wreath of flowers or evergreens formerly used in connection with baptismal, nuptial, and funeral rites, as well as in solemn processions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Garland Garland …
123Hoapili — Ulumāheihei Hoapili Illustration of a mourning Hoapiri from Memoir of Keopuolani, late queen of the Sandwich Islands by William Richards Spouse Kalilikauoha Keōpūolani Kalākua Kaheiheimālie …
124obsequies — n.pl. 1 funeral rites. 2 a funeral. Derivatives: obsequial adj. Etymology: ME, pl. of obs. obsequy f. AF obsequie, OF obseque f. med.L obsequiae f. L exsequiae funeral rites (see EXEQUIES): assoc. with obsequium (see OBSEQUIOUS) * * * obsequies… …
125funerary — funerary, funeral, funereal Funerary is the standard adjective in the neutral meaning ‘of or used at a funeral or funerals’, as in funerary ashes, funerary urn, etc. It dates from the late 17c and has replaced funeral, which was originally an… …
126funereal — funerary, funeral, funereal Funerary is the standard adjective in the neutral meaning ‘of or used at a funeral or funerals’, as in funerary ashes, funerary urn, etc. It dates from the late 17c and has replaced funeral, which was originally an… …
127Zhao Ziyang — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao (趙/赵). Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 Zhao Ziyang at Pearl Harbor during his visit to the United States in 1984 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China …
128Prayer for the dead — Wherever there is a belief in the continued existence of man s personality through and after death, religion naturally concerns itself with the relations between the living and the dead. And where the idea of a future judgment or of purgatory… …
