/mɔːˈtɪʃ.ən/ (noun)

Mortician definition

a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies or corpses to be buried, funeral director, undertaker, embalmer

Example

Jobs that traditionally deal with death, like morticians, funeral directors, etc. have annual salaries ranging from $44,000 to $77,000 per year. According to H&R Block, clowns filed the fewest returns, indicating that this creepy profession may be on its way out.

Source of example: https://www.theladders.com/

/nə-ˈkrä-lə-jē/ (noun)

Definition

a list of people who have recently died or passed away – declaration or announcement of someone’s death, obituary

Example

Necrology actually has two common definitions. Sometimes, it’s nothing more than a synonym for an obituary. That said, it’s rare these days for people to use the term in this capacity, as obituary is a word most of us are much more familiar with.

The second definition of necrology isn’t far off from the first, but it has a key difference. Obituaries tend to tailor to a local region. A necrology, on the other hand, will usually list recently deceased people who shared membership in a particular organization, field, or another type of group. For example, in the past, it wasn’t uncommon for universities like Harvard to publish regular necrologies of alumni.

Source of example: https://www.joincake.com/

Parts of speech

Adjective: necrological

Noun: necrologist

/eksˈhjuːm/ US /egˈzuːm/ (verb)

Definition

to disinter a dead body or corpse that has already been buried usually with a court order for forensic investigation or any kind of inquest, disentomb, dig up a body from grave, unearth – dig up, dig out, reintroduce something, disclose

Example

A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered that the body of former president Robert Mugabe be exhumed from his rural home village and be reburied at the National Heroes’ Acre cemetery in the capital, Harare, South African news channel eNCA reported.

In May, a traditional court in Zimbabwe ordered Mugabe’s widow, Grace, to exhume his body and have him reburied at Heroes’ Acre. The chief said Grace Mugabe had not followed local traditions when burying the former president, and also fined her five cattle and a goat.

Source of example: https://mg.co.za/

Antonyms

inter, bury

Parts of speech

Noun: exhumation

Noun: exhumer

/kɔːˈteʒ/ (noun)

Definition

a group or line of people attending a special ceremony especially a funeral, parade, cavalcade, procession, escort, caravan, convoy, entourage, column, attendants

Example

Also known as a funeral cortege, a traditional funeral procession will begin at the funeral home or at the home of the person who has passed away. It can sometimes include two stages; this is often the case if the funeral service and the committal are being held at separate venues. Funeral directors often lead the cortege on foot for a short distance before getting into the hearse. Then they will lead the cortege on foot once more.

Source: https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/

/ˈel.ə.dʒi/ (noun)

Definition

a sad and mournful song or poem over the death of someone, funeral poem, sorrowful speech, threnody, dirge, lament, lamentation, eulogy, requiem, funeral song

Example

In English literature, an elegy is a poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead. However, “for all of its pervasiveness … the ‘elegy’ remains remarkably ill defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessimistic tone, sometimes as a marker for textual monumentalizing, and sometimes strictly as a sign of a lament for the dead”.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Parts of speech

Adjective: elegiac

Adverb: elegiacally

Noun: elegist

Verb: elegize

/nel/ (noun & verb)

Definition

Noun: death knell, ring, bell, chime, dong, peal, toll, omen of death, reverberation, sound of funeral bell, ringing, belfry, tolling, ominous signal

Verb: to ring, toll, reverberate, strike, resound

Example

Different places across the globe have their own unique ways of marking someone’s death. Throughout history, many cultures used what’s known as a death knell to inform the community of someone’s death. A death knell is the process of ringing a church bell or belfry after someone’s death. The way the person rang this bell signified whether the person was near death or recently deceased.

Source: https://www.joincake.com/

/dɜːdʒ/ (noun)

Definition

a sad and slow song or piece of music usually at a funeral ceremony over the death of a person, eulogy, lament, lamentation, mournful music, funeral hymn, requiem, elegy, chant

Example

A dirge is a mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
A dirge is a slow, sad song or piece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals

Source: https://www.seslisozluk.net/

/ɪnˈtɜːʳ/ (verb)

to bury a dead body or corpse, entomb, lay to rest, inhume

Inter in Context

Burial or interment is a method of final disposition wherein a dead person or non-human animal is placed into the ground. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Humans have been interring their dead since shortly after their origin. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonyms

disinter, unearth, exhume

Parts of speech

• Noun: interment
• Prefix: -inter: between or among people, places or things

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/pɔːl/ US /pɑːl/ (noun & verb)

to become less interesting, appealing or enjoyable, lose its attraction, fade, wither, go sour, a piece of fabric used to cover the coffin at a funeral, coffin, coffin covering, cloak or veil, a dark cloud of smoke or dust, a negative atmosphere, gloom, despair

Officially, we had been assigned to guard against infiltration by spies, on the basis, I suppose, that it takes one to know one; in fact, we found ourselves dividing our energies between day-today security administration, and eavesdropping on the private lives of the battalion. I confess I derived a certain nasty enjoyment from the task of censoring the men’s letters home; a prurient interest in other’s people’s privacy is one of the first requirements for a good spy. But this pleasure soon palled. I have a high regard for the English fighting man — I do, really — but his prose style, I am afraid, is not among his more admirable qualities.

Source: The book, The Untouchable By John Banville

Antonym: to become more and more interesting

Morgue (noun) /mɔːg/ US /mɔːrg/

a special room or building in a hospital or municipal government where dead bodies are kept at a low temperature – a dismal and gloomy place – mortuary – funeral parlor – funeral home:

The corpse in the fatal car accident was kept in the morgue for further accurate identification.

Parts of speech

• Noun: mortuary