commemoration vs funeral rite

commemoration

noun
  • That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. 

  • The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday. 

  • The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event. 

  • The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead. 

funeral rite

noun
  • A custom or ceremony pertaining to the recently dead, such as a funeral, public burial, or the Greek custom of breaking clayen vessels on the grave or in front of the deceased's house. 

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