n.
a ceremony held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation.
▸archaic or literary a procession of mourners at a burial.
Phrase
- it's your funeral
informal said to warn someone that an unwise act is their own responsibility.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. funeraille, from med. L. funeralia, neut. pl. of late L. funeralis, from L. funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.
