noun a funeral sermon;
usually in the plural.
2. funeral ·noun per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.
3. funeral ·noun the procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
4. funeral ·noun the solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; ·esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial;
formerly used in the plural.