Library / English Dictionary

FUNERARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or for or relating to a funeral

Example:

funerary urn

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

funeral (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated)

Derivation:

funeral (a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated)

Credits

 Context examples: 

One of the researchers, Gonzalo Aranda, explains that this re‑inspection has been focused on characterizing the population buried at that site from their anthropological and biochemical study, as well as from the analysis of the chronology and temporality of this cultural phenomenon through the radiocarbon dating of their funerary activities.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)